Gino Gönenç Kalganoğlu
Gino Gönenç Kalganoğlu is a diver, filmmaker and ocean advocate from Çanakkale, Turkey now living in New Orleans in the United States. He has produced and directed over 100 hours of television shows including documentaries and been selected as a Google OCEAN contributor. He is the filmmaker and crew member of The Longest Swim, a solo transoceanic stage swim from Tokyo to San Francisco in 2017 by Ben Lecomte.
Google Ocean Program
Communications for activity around our Explore the Ocean layer and Panoramio underwater photos group as part of Mission Blue and the Google Ocean Program at Google.
The Longest Swim Support Crew
Onboard Team:
1. Ben Lecomte, swimmer, advocate, founder
2. James 'Scotty' Scott, captain and expedition manager
3. Paul Lecomte, project manager
4. Gino Gönenç Kalganoğlu, filmmaker
5. Tyral Dalitz, research assistant
6. Renaud Gomez, marine scientist
7. Dr. Anastasia Benjafield, doctor
8. Henry McCann, engineer
Support Team on Land:
1. Dr. Spike Briggs MSOS, Chief Medical Advisor
2. Dr. Benjamin Levine, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine and Ben's cardiologist
3. Dr. Molly S. Bray, University of Texas Department of Nutritional Science and Ben's nutritionist
4. Dr. Edward Coyle, University of Texas Department of Kinesiology and Health Education and Ben's kinesiologist
5. Jeremy David, Weather Routing senior meteorologist advisor
6. Dr. Armin T. Ellis, Exploration Institute, logistics coordinator
7. Jacquelin Hipes, Science Program Coordinator
8. Bachir Saouaf, Davis & Goliath, Communication Coordinator
9. Lea Hagemeier, Community and Content Manager
10. Tedde de Boer, Developer of the live tracker
Oceanic Research Advisors:
1. Dr. Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2. Dr. Tracy Mincer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
3. Dr. Michael Degranpre, University of Montana
4. Dr. Kara Lavender Law, Sea Education Association
5. Dr. Erik Zettler, Sea Education Association
6. Dr. Linda Amaral Zettler, Marine Biological Laboratory
7. Dr. Gerald Chris Shank, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
8. Dr. Brett J. Baker, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
9. Dr. Tracy Villareal, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Medical Research Advisors:
1. Dr. Benjamin Levine, Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
2. Dr. Adrian Leblanc, Universities Space Research Association
3. Dr. Jack A. Gilbert, Argonne National Laboratory
4. Dr. Eduardo Marques, INESC TEC
External links
- The Longest Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Get Going With Gino Gönenç Kalganoğlu
- Google Ocean Program
- The Longest Swim Official Website
- The Longest Swim Team
- Benoit Lecomte's Solo Swim In The Pacific
- Benoit Lecomte Linked In Bio
- Broadcasting Ben Lecomte Across The Ocean
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- SmackDab In The Middle Of Swimming The Pacific Ocean
- What Is The Scale Of The Longest Swim?
- 48 Years Old And In His Prime
- Who Is On Ben Lecomte's Crew For 6 Months?
- Multi-tasking While Swimming Across The Pacific Ocean
- What Is The Scale Of The Longest Swim?
- Time To Swim Across The Pacific Ocean
- Ben Lecomte's Longest Swim Update
- World's Top 100 Open Water Swims In History
- Indiegogo Campaign Supports The Longest Swim
- Benoît Lecomte Is Now Live On Indiegogo
- Joining The Crew Onboard The Longest Swim
- Ben Lecomte To Swim Along The Kuroshio Current
- Pacific And Atlantic Transoceanic Swims To Begin
- Offshore Odysseys On The Increase
- The Longest Swim To Tackle Every Kilometer Of The Pacific
- Kara Lavender Law & Ben Lecomte Studying The Pacific
- Myriad Details Of The Longest Swim
- Gotta Like It...The Longest Swim
- How Technology Changes Things In The Open Water
- Ben Lecomte Ben Hooper Crossing The Ocean
- The Tools Of A Transpacific Stage Swim
- Beam Me Across, Scotty
- Scientific Research During The Longest Swim
