The Great Icelandic Swim
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The Great Icelandic Swim by Ross Edgley
The Great Icelandic Swim is a 1,600 km bi-directional, non-contiguous, non-continuous assisted stage swim around the island of Iceland, being attempted by British adventurer Ross Edgley that began on 17 May 2025 in 6-7°C water temperatures.
Escort Boat
The eteam is stay on the SKIRR Adventures 68-foot yacht over the estimated 100-day circumnavigation swim around Iceland.
Support Team
- Benjamin Marshall, photographer, videographer, and independent observer
- Maisie Bristow, First Mate and independent observer
- Jacob Carter, Skipper and independent observer
- Ger Kennedy, documentation coordinator
External links
- In The Words of Chris Hemsworth and Ross Edgley: How to Hero
- The Precedent Is There For Swim California
- Round and Round They Swim - Circumnavigation Swims in History
- Adventures On The High Seas – Updates From Around The World
- Over The Edge, Diary of a Daredevil: Slow Progress, Big Winds for The Great Icelandic Swim
- One Man Circles Iceland While The Other Circles Ireland
- Over The Edge, Diary of a Daredevil: T-minus 1 for The Great Icelandic Swim
- Over The Edge, Diary of a Daredevil: T-minus 3 for The Great Icelandic Swim
- @rossedgley
- SKIRR Adventures
