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EPISODE · May 14, 2025 · 39 MIN

Swimming around Iceland - Ross Edgley shares his 'Why'

from Our Ocean · host Cal Major

"Your reasons to continue have to be bigger than your reasons to stop." Ross recounts some truly amazing ocean experiences, and what kept him going on his world-record circumnavigation of the UK in 2018, swimming for up to 12 hours a day for 157 days (spoiler alert, there were some incredible animal encounters!).His next challenge is difficult to imagine: In his words, it isn't a sprint, it isn't even a marathon - it's a migration. Swimming around Iceland. This time, in the search of eDNA to show us exactly what's living in Iceland's seas...You can read more about his epic challenge here: https://dryrobe.com/blogs/latest-news/why-ross-edgley-is-swimming-the-entire-coastline-of-iceland Thank you so much to dryrobe for supporting the production of this episode!Ross's YouTube and InstagramThe Our Ocean Podcast is brought to you by Seaful - the UK charity dedicated to connecting people to our ocean.You can donate to Seaful here: https://seaful.org.uk/donate/For more information about Seaful, please visit our Website, Instagram or Facebook. For questions or suggestions, please email us - [email protected] can connect with The Our Ocean Podcast's host Cal Major through her Website, Instagram or Facebook.

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