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noun - Expedition swimming in non-competitive swimming in natural [[open body of water]] including oceans, lakes, rivers, bays and reservoirs, performed for pleasure, adventure or fitness at any time of the day or night. Expedition swimming is generally done with partners or teammates or with tour members as part of guided tours, along coastlines, in lakes or around islands, although it can be done anywhere.  Open water races, competitions, camps, clinics, events, solo [[channel swim]]s or marathon relays are not considered expedition swimming. 

==Usage==

''The team did some expedition swimming around the islands of Greece''. 

==Synonyms==

[[wild swimming]], [[open water swimming]], [[free swimming]], [[long distance swimming]], [[swim trekking]], [[sea trekking]], [[swim excursion]], [[excursion swimming]], [[adventure swimming]], [[sea expedition]], [[free solo swim]], [[free solo swimming]], [[free solo channel swim]], [[free solo channel swimming]]

==The Highest Swim==

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[[Madswimmers]] doing [[high-altitude swimming]] at 5909m (19,386 feet) in a frozen lake on Mt Tres Cruces, a volcano in the Andes Mountains along the Argentina - Chile border in South America with the water temperature between 0.5 - 2ºC (32.9ºF - 35.6ºC).  [[Jean Craven]], [[Herman van der Westhuizen]] and [[Chris Marthinusen]] completed the 5-minute [[neoprene]]d [[wild swim]] while [[Evan Feldman]] and [[Milton Brest]] swam in [[wetsuits]] and [[Robert Graaff]] and [[Juandre Human]] were unable to partake in the final swim due to medical restraints after a 6-hour hike up the volcano and a laborious creating of the small area to swim through the 20 cm thick ice covering.

==Ocean Navi In Izu Peninsula==

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[[Sea expedition]] led by [[Masayuki Moriya]] of [[Ocean Navi]] on the [[Izu Peninsula]] on [[Honshu]] in Japan

==External links==

* [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/what-is-open-water-swimming-2/ What Is Open Water Swimming?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/01/what-is-expedition-swimming/ What Is Expedition Swimming?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2013/10/swimming-where-no-man-has-swum-before/ Swimming Where No Man Has Swum Before]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/04/it-was-mad-mad-swim-across-mozambique/ It Was A Mad, Mad Swim Across The Mozambique Channel]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/03/going-swimming-on-holiday/Going Swimming On Holiday]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/08/cave-dwelling-in-open-water/ Cave Dwelling In The Open Water]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/11/orienteering-in-open-water/ Orienteering In The Open Water]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/12/what-comes-around-goes-aroundpiers/ What Comes Around, Goes Around...Piers]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2016/05/why-open-water-swimming-will-continue/ Why Open Water Swimming Will Continue To Explode]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/03/what-should-museum-of-open-water/ What Should A Museum Of Open Water Swimming Offer?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/10/how-many-channel-swimmers-are-there-in/ How Many Channel Swimmers Are There In The World?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/12/how-many-marathon-swimmers-are-there-in/ How Many Marathon Swimmers Are There In The World?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/08/olympic-marathon-swims-for-amateurs-of/ Olympic Marathon Swims For Amateurs Of All Abilities]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/02/short-list-of-long-marathon-swims/ List of Marathon Swims]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Open Water Swimming]
* [http://www.openwaterswimming.com Daily News of Open Water Swimming]
* [http://www.worldopenwaterswimmingassociation.com World Open Water Swimming Association]
* [http://www.imshof.org International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.marathonswimming.com Marathon Swimming]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/01/whats-marathon-swim/ What Is A Marathon Swim?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2011/02/does-marathon-run-compare-to-marathon/ Do Marathon Runs Compare To Marathon Swims?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2011/02/longest-solo-marathon-swims-in-world/ Longest Marathon Swims In The World]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2011/09/what-is-defined-distance-of-marathon/ What is The Defined Distance Of A Marathon Swim?]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/11/45-travessia-14-bis-held-today/ Travessia 14 Bis Held Today]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/11/open-water-swimming-bucket-lists/ Open Water Swimming Bucket Lists]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2012/12/it-takes-all-kinds-of-aquatic-athletes/ It Takes All Kinds Of Aquatic Athletes]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2013/04/growth-on-terra-firma-mirrors-that-of/ Growth On Terra Firma Mirrors That Of The Open Water]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2013/07/swimming-before-crack-of-dawn/ Swimming Before The Crack Of Dawn]
* [http://www.wpmsf.com World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation]
* [http://www.igotstung.com I Got Stung]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2013/12/50-things-open-water-swimmer-should-not/ 50 Things Open Water Swimmer Should Not Do]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2013/12/100-things-every-open-water-swimmer/ 100 Things Every Open Water Swimmer Should Know]
* [https://openwaterswimming.com/2014/01/the-abcs-of-open-water-swimming/ The ABCs of Open Water Swimming]
* [http://10kswim.blogspot.com/2009/10/open-water-swimming-word-of-day.html Open Water Swimming Word of The Day - Expedition Swimming]

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