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Willy van Rysel: Long-distance swimming pioneer
Hythe :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Illustrator Cliff Wright has designed the covers for several of the 'Harry Potter' books, he explain... Suggested Topics During an interview for Swimming Times magazine in 2003, Willy van Rysel announced matter-of-factly: "I came to Britain in 1948
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17-year-old Mary Star student swims Catalina Channel
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Like the name of her school, Monica Bender is a star of the sea. An avid swimmer, the 17-year-old senior at San Pedro's Mary Star of the Sea High School completed a swim last week through the 20-mile Catalina Channel. It was the culmination of a goal
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Swimmer tests limit in Tahoe 360
California City :: CA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Jamie Patrick swims beside his kayaking crewmember in 2010 when he completed a double-crossing of Lake Tahoe totaling 44 miles. Patrick embarks on a 40-hour, 68-mile long swim along the lake's perimeter today...The site will continually be updated
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Polar bears can swim vast distances, study finds (Reuters)
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 1 year ago
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Polar bears are capable of swimming vast distances, a potential survival skill needed in an Arctic environment where summer sea ice is vanishing, a study led by the U.S...The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology, tracked 52 female
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Polar bear cubs dying as ice melts
Ottawa :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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Polar bears forced to swim longer distances because of diminished sea ice off Alaska's coast may be paying a price in lost cubs or precious calories, according to a study by the US Geological Survey...In six cases, dependent cubs survived the swim
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Long-distance swims may cause polar bear problems
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | almost 2 years ago
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Alaska (AP) — A federal study says polar bears off Alaska's coast may be forced to swim longer distances because of summer sea ice loss, and the marathon swims may have negative effects on their population. The U.S. George Durner
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Polar bear cubs drowning due to sea ice loss, says report
Ottawa :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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AP Biologists studying polar bears off the coast of Alaska have found that when cubs are forced to go on marathon swims with their mothers due to loss of sea ice, nearly half of them don't survive the journey. The study, scheduled to be announced at
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