Ilulissat Icefjord
From Openwaterpedia
Ilulissat Icefjord is a fjord in western Greenland located 250 km north of the Arctic Circle. The Ilulissat Icefjord runs west 40 km from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay just south of Ilulissat town.
Open Water Swimming
- The Coldest Swim on Earth (Greenland Swim) was an extreme swim undertaken by Lewis Pugh in Greenland. It is a multi-day stage swim in September 2021 across the Ilulissat Icefjord that is fed by the world’s fastest moving glacier in Greenland located within the Arctic Circle.
- On 5 September 2021, Lewis Pugh completed 14 stage swims over 12 days swimming a total of 7.8 km in the Ilulissat Icefjord within the Arctic Circle as part of his Greenland Swim, an unprecedented multi-stage ice swim where he swam every day in water temperatures between 0°C and 3°C (32°F – 37.4°F) for the purpose to impress upon world leaders the speed of the climate crisis at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
Greenland Swim by Lewis Pugh
External links
- Of The National Geographic 33, Lewis Pugh Is One
- The Global Reach, Goals, Influence of Lewis Pugh
- Lewis Pugh, From Greenland To Glasgow
- Sign The COP26 Sports Community Manifesto
- EcoAthletes To Support The COP 26 In Glasgow, Together With Lewis Pugh
- Lewis Pugh Swims Amid The Melting Ilulissat Glacier
- Lewis Pugh Finished…Now The Really Hard Part Begins
- Lewis Pugh Lives Up To His Name As The Speedo Diplomat
- Greenland Swim 2021
- Ilulissat Icefjord
