Island of Spitsbergen
From Openwaterpedia
Island of Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea.
Open Water Swimming
- Kinga Korin swam a 1.09 km Ice Kilometer at 78.3°N in June 2017 in the Nordfjorden glacial fjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard in 20 minutes 5 seconds in the 4.6°C water.
- Leszek Naziemiec swam 1.66 km in 39 minutes 39 seconds at 78.3°N in June 2017 in the Nordfjorden glacial fjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
- Lukaz Tkacz swam 1.85 km in 45 minutes 44 seconds at 78.3°N in June 2017 in the Nordfjorden glacial fjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
- Marek Grzywa swam 1.64 km in 34 minutes 59 seconds at 78.3°N in June 2017 in the Nordfjorden glacial fjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
- Ram Barkai swam 1.66 km in 28 minutes 16 seconds at 78.3°N in June 2017 in the Nordfjorden glacial fjord in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.