Polar Miles Defined Below 60°S or Above 70°N
The International Ice Swimming Association defines a Polar Ice Mile as swims completed below 60°S or above 70°N
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The ICE Series Episode 1 with Dr. Otto Thaning: Heart and Hypothermia in The Ice
The ICE Series is a WOWSA Live podcast series about ice swimming. In Episode 1, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Otto Thaning talks about the heart and hypothermia.
How Ice Swimmers Achieve the Impressive, Improbable, and Inconceivable
The ICE Series - How Ice Swimmers Achieve the Impressive, Improbable, and Inconceivable is a new WOWSA Live production. Dr. Otto Thaning was the inaugural guest where he spoke about the heart and hypothermia.
Heralding Heroes With Heather
Ram Barkai appeared on the Superhuman Showdown with Dr. Heather Berlin and Professor David Whyte on the ice swimming episode
Good To Go In A Glacial Fjord
Kinga Korin set a Guinness World Record for the Most Northernly Ice Swim by a Female
International Ice Swimming Association USA Launched
Ram Barkai announced the inaugural Board of Directors of the International Ice Swimming Association USA, headed by chairperson Joe Zemaitis
How True: False Bay Is Tough.
False Bay Swimming Association is a new organization to help support and ratify crossings of the 34 km False Bay in South Africa
Ram Tough, Swimming In The Death Zone From The Ring Of Death To Strandfontein
Ram Barkai and Kieron Palframan swam 6.4 km from Seal Island to Strandfontein in South Africa through The Ring of Death and The Death Zone
Christof Wandratsch To Join International Ice Swimming Association Board Of Directors
Christof Wandratsch was invited to join the International Ice Swimming Association board of directors.
Breaking Distance in the Ice
Ram Barkai explains about the challenges and risks of attempting an Extreme Ice Mile and the most hardened Extreme Ice Milers in history.