Not exact matches
Meanwhile
open water swim relies on GPS to measure the
distance you have covered.
Diana Nyad, veteran
open -
water distance swimmer, plans to
swim from Cuba to the Florida Keys while being protected by an electronic device called Shark Shield.
Resort amenities include our whale - shaped
swimming pool,
open - air bar and family - friendly restaurants, Aloha Spa & Salon,
water sports and beach activities, with world - class golfing, dining and boutique shopping all located within walking
distance.
Katie is also a long
distance,
open water swimmer — who
swam the English Channel in 2015.
The paper, «Long -
distance swimming by polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the southern Beaufort Sea during years of extensive
open water,» is published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology.
Historically, there had not been enough
open water for polar bears in this region to
swim the long
distances we observed in these recent summers of extreme sea ice retreat.»
Average
distance from land and pack ice edge for live polar bears
swimming in
open water in 2004 (n = 10) were 8.3 ± 3.0 and 177.4 ± 5.1 km, respectively.
While there still aren't many dedicated
swim trackers, the best all - round fitness trackers now offer automatic stroke detection, accurate lap and
distance tracking in the pool and
open water, and some even offer fairly accurate heart rate monitoring in the
water.