Tag: Christopher Swain
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Upworthy Voices: Christopher Swain is The Toxic Swimmer
Everyone deserves clean water… Christopher Swain is an open-water swimmer who has always loved exploring public waterways – but he’s also been called “The Toxic Swimmer” because he boldly swims in heavily polluted lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water, while covered from head to toe, as a form of activism. His goal is to…
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Man to swim entire length of Boise River in water quality expedition
Boise’s newly proclaimed “River Action Month” (the month of August) will play host to a major milestone: the first person to ever swim the entire 102-mile length of the Boise River.
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Meet The Toxic Swimmer
Meet the man who swims in toxic waterways, Christopher Swain. As part of his mission to protect threatened waterways, Christopher Swain was the first person in history to swim the entire lengths of the Columbia, Charles, Hudson, Mohawk, and Mystic Rivers, as well as Lake Champlain, the Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, and large sections of…
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River advocate swims the Mohawk to raise awareness
Wearing a wetsuit and towing a yellow raft, environmental educator Christopher Swain swam across the Hudson River on a gray and drizzly Wednesday to complete his trek of the 149-mile Mohawk River, the Hudson’s largest tributary. The 46-year-old Boston resident made the trip to raise awareness of the river’s history, habitats and environmental challenges, sharing…