Extreme swimmer

Jaimie Monahan stepping into Paradise Harbour in Antarctica in 2015. Photo by Arik Thormahlen

Jaimie Monahan stepping into Paradise Harbour in Antarctica in 2015. Photo by Arik Thormahlen

Lewis Pugh in the Five Swims In Antarctica for 1 Reason

Lewis Pugh swimming in the Southern Ocean in Antarctica

Lewis Pugh swimming in the Bay of Whales in Antarctica

Nuala Moore doing an ice swim in Russia inside the Arctic Circle

Winter or Ice swimming by extreme swimmer Ram Barkai in Antarctica

Alexander Brylin, the famed Russian ice swimmer and 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year nominee

Alexander Brylin and colleagues carrying the Olympic torch relay on its way to Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in 2ºC (35.6ºF) water in the Amur River

Ice Swimming German Open poster

Christof Wandratsch featured at the Ice Swimming German Open

noun - Extreme swimmer is an athlete who does any form of swimming that is extreme in terms of distance, water temperature or water conditions and includes channel swimming, ice swimming, marathon swimming, or extreme relays. An extreme swimmer performs exploits in bodies of water ranging from a frozen crust of ice, or under the hot tropical sun.

An extreme swimmer may be synonymous with Winter swimming or Avantouinti or Ice swimming in colder countries. This requires either breaking the ice or entering where a spring keeps the water from freezing over. This may also be simulated by a pool of water at 0°C, the temperature at which water freezes. Extreme swimmers typically dip their heads below the surface to ensure that they are completely wet, whether or not the water is over their heads. They usually do not swim beneath the ice, as it is easy to get disoriented when turning around and not be able to find one's way back to the hole. Some extreme swimmers avoid this problem by swimming from one hole to another, or by swimming under the ice while tethered to the shore.

Open Water Swimming in Antarctica

• Lynne Cox was the first human to swim in Neko Harbor and in Antarctica without a wetsuit when she swam 1.2 miles in 2°C (35°F) waters in 25 minutes in 2002
  
• Ryan Stramrood, Ram Barkai and Kieron Palframan attempted an Ice mile in Neko Harbor in Antarctica in -1ºC (30.2ºF) waters on 4 March 2014
  
• Andrew Chin completed a 1 km swim while Toks Viviers and Gavin Pike completed an ice mile in Paradise Harbour in Antarctica in -1ºC (30.2ºF) water also on 4 March 2014
  
• Lewis Pugh has swum 1 km in 0°C waters off Petermann Island and 1 mile in 2°C (35°F) waters near Deception Island in 30 minutes 30 seconds, both in 2005
  
• Ram Barkai swam 1 km at 70º south latitude, near Maitri, the Indian scientific research station in Antarctica, in Long Lake in 1°C (33.8°F) waters in 2008.
  
• Bhakti Sharma swam 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in 1ºC water in the Southern Ocean in January 2015
  

Synonyms

Cold-water swimmer, Ice swimmer, nadador extremo, polar bear swimmer, walrus, cold water swimmer, winter swimmer

2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships

2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships sanctioned by the International Ice Swimming Association, including the ice kilometer race in Burghausen, Germany.

2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships sanctioned by the International Ice Swimming Association, including the ice kilometer race in Burghausen, Germany.

External links

• Lewis Pugh Lives Up To His Name As The Speedo Diplomat
• Josef Köberl Swims For 38 Minutes In -0.23°C Water at 3,216 Meters
• 2020 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Virtual Ceremonies
• Nejib Belhedi Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year
• Bárbara Hernández Huerta Is 2020 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year
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• 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Man Of The Year Nominees
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