Svalbard

Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. It is one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas and is known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The Northern Lights are visible during winter, and summer brings the midnight sun or sunlight 24 hours a day.

Open Water Swimming

• Ger Kennedy completed an Ice Mile in the Svalbard fjord.
• 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.
• It is site of the Svalbard Ice Swimming Adventure, an ice swimming event organized by Ram Barkai and the International Ice Swimming Association with Michal Starosolski as the Medical Director with 4 events: Ice Mile, Ice Kilometer, 250 meters, 500 meters.

External links

• Swimming in Svalbard
• Svalbard Ice Swimming Was An Bold Adventure
• Is Petar Stoychev the Greatest Open Water Swimmer in History?
• Svalbard Ice Swimming Adventure
• International Ice Swimming Association
• Good To Go In A Glacial Fjord
• Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
• International Ice Swimming Association
• Ger Kennedy Goes Cold, Long And Rough
• Ram Barkai On Shimmer On Superhumans