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Firestone
Quicksilver
Exxon/Mobil
Plastic Spoon
Storm Drain Dumps its Load
Linden Beach
Salem Harbor Coal-Fired Power Plant
Seal Hauls Out on the Ice of Salem Sound
Ice in Salem Sound
Why I'm not at COP15 in Copenhagen
Bridge over Chelsea Creek
Heading out on the first swim/snow day of the year
Chelsea Creek
Oreos
McDonalds
Fresh Seafood
Beverly-Salem Bridge
Boston Harbor
Flagship Adventures Crew plus Susan Ogan and Emily Peugh
Sewage Slick
Football
DUX Escort Boat First Day in the water.
Home Depot
Cape Pond Ice Company
Tropicana
Pepperidge Farm
Crocs
Every Day Sea Turtles Mistake Floating Plastic Bags for Food
Trash In Gloucester Harbor
How it Looks When I Get Hit By a Wave
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Christopher off Children's Island
The Story of My Life
Drainage Pipe at Grace Oliver's Cove, Marblehead, MA. Photo: Christopher Swain
Flagpole Meeting at Children's Island
Show and Tell at Children's Island
Rhod Sharp of BBC Radio interviewing Christopher Swain at Children's Island
Children's Island Triangle Swim
Photo: Christopher Swain
Swim day supplies and equipment
Algae bloom in tidepool contaminated with animal waste
Beer Cans--the key to a healthy marine ecosystem
Lobster Trap
Cranes for Unloading Freight, Boston Harbor
Boston Light, Little Brewster Island, Outer Boston Harbor
Fuel Slick in Marblehead Harbor
Forest River Salt Marsh
Floating Clump of Aquatic Plants
Boston Skyline at Dusk
Seaweed
Swimming past kelp forests
Turning of the tide
Foam
What I see when I look down through my goggles
Rosa Rugosa
Container Ship Heads Out of Boston
Breaststroking out of Boston Harbor
Swain Dives off the Dock!
Swim For A Healthy World
I am swimming over 1,500 miles down the East Coast of the United States from Maine to Washington, DC. Along the way, I am sampling the water at over 5,000 locations to measure and map the effects of pollution and Climate Change, and challenging 50,000 schoolchildren to design projects to improve the health of our ocean planet.
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Christopher Swain Swimming Again
Hey Folks, Good news: I am spending a lot more time in the water this summer than last. Although I am about 13 field reports behind, I have been tearing up the New Hampshire and Massachusetts coastlines with my old crew chief from the Columbia and Hudson Rivers, Chris Runyard. How can you follow the swim when I am not k... Continue reading Swimming Again
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Jen_Changents
July 12, 2010 - 9:43am
July 12, 2010 - 9:43am
Glad to hear you're back in the water! This summer has been super hot and I bet the water is feeling good :)
Jen_Changents
July 12, 2010 - 9:43am
July 12, 2010 - 9:43am
Glad to hear you're back in the water! This summer has been super hot and I bet the water is feeling good :)
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- www.swimforahealthyworld.org
- Creating a healthy ocean planet through education.
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- Planet Saver
- Marblehead, MA United States
- Posted: Mar 19, 2009
- Last Updated: Jul 20, 2010
- Focus Areas: Environment: Conservation, Endangered, Global Warming, Water
- Website: www.swimforahealthyworld.org
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