Time And Opportunities Run Out For The Bering Strait Relay
Extreme swimmer and filmmaker Jack Bright had to break some bad news to his fellow teammates on their planned relay swim across the Bering Strait.Their Russian ship, the Akademik Schokalskiy, was ready to guide them from the Russian side of the Bering Strait to the American side, but the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow sent a very late-date telegram advising them not to go. Ultimately, the owner of their mother ship forbid the captain and ship from going.
The frustrated extreme swimmers from the UK, USA, Argentina, South Africa, Italy, Estonia and Russia were sent home without getting wet.
Photo shows Bright training in small glacial lake.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010).
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