Stefano Salvatori Swimming The Aeolian Archipelago Courtesy of Ansa, Aeolian Archipelago, Italy. The Aeolian Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. Stefano Salvatori is a water polo player and a documentary filmmaker from Geo & Geo who completed the first crossing of the unprecedented Traversata delle Eolie a nuoto: