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Fresh Seafood
Boston Fish Pier
Sunset, Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor
Jennifer Duncklee
Sarah Duncklee
Sewage Slick
DUX Escort Boat First Day in the water.
Doritos
Home Depot
Wise Potato Chips
CapriSun
Cape Pond Ice Company
Tropicana
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
Earlier this year, I dove into the freezing-cold, dirty Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, and began a 1000+ mile swim to Washington, DC. I am sampling the water at over 5,000 locations along my route to measure and map the effects of pollution and Climate Change, and working with over 50,000 schoolchildren on projects designed to improve the health of our ocean planet.
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Christopher Swain Swim Day #33: Nantasket Beach--Finally.
It has been four months since I hopped into a Flagship Adventures RIB and headed out past the fish pier toward the Boston Harbor Islands. When I picked up my trail off Georges Island, the water was nine degrees colder than it was last summer. This time, I was determined to swim out and around Point Aller... Read More
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DeaneaLaBorde
November 22, 2009 - 11:47pm
November 22, 2009 - 11:47pm
WOW what an awesome thing to do ..it is people like you that give the rest of us hope that maybe just maybe the world has a chance :) thank you It takes people willing to do things in a big way like this to make an impact I own an organic farm and try hard to always do the right thing for the earth and air and water and that is great but people like you bringing light to our cause is what is needed :)
lauryndaw
November 27, 2009 - 9:17am
November 27, 2009 - 9:17am
how inspiring! i have been feeling like nothing i do even matters. today i am going downtown and i plan to make a difference in my community. thank you for setting an example! i cannot stop pollution in our oceans, but i can help the homeless by volunteering at the soup kitchen. by teaching my kids to respect everyone they meet and giving of myself. i am blessed. my family is whole. we have enough food to eat and clothes to wear.
blessed be,
lauryndaw
meridian ,idaho
casha17
November 29, 2009 - 1:42pm
November 29, 2009 - 1:42pm
thank you thank you thank you for being the change in the world that we need!! We need more people like yourself to make this a reality of the awareness of global warming!!!
lirian18
December 15, 2009 - 6:39pm
December 15, 2009 - 6:39pm
thank you for this wounderful change you are doing, hope more us get involve and reach out to others. Keep it up!!!
41 World USA Global
December 20, 2009 - 2:03pm
December 20, 2009 - 2:03pm
Best Wishes and Good luck Swimming the Atlantic Coast to Washington DC!
We Support your Efforts: Clean Energy, Air, Earth, Environment and Water.
TheSaint
December 21, 2009 - 5:45pm
December 21, 2009 - 5:45pm
Mr Swain, First and foremost THANK YOU!!! It is gonna be someone like yourself that one day will get the attention of the world and hopefully make the change that you swim for... It is you that will get this done Not our so called politicians who say they care but do nothing to help.... Good luck in your adventures and please feel free to let me know how I can be of assistance to you... I would really like to help out somehow and someway. Thanks again...
Chris Truitt
djlovedreamer
December 24, 2009 - 9:44pm
December 24, 2009 - 9:44pm
Wow, Thank you for swimming to clean up our oceans. Water is vital to man-kind as well as to numerous aquatic animals. It is a pleasure to meet someone who is WILLING to try to make a difference. Thank you for allowing me the privilege to even meet someone with such drive and determination to make this well needed difference. All my prayers will be with you during this endeavor and my wishes that more people not only encourage your efforts, but get involved in anyway that they are able to save our planet Earth. Thank you so much, Lori B-B, Michigan
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Christopher's organization
- 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: Dec 20, 2009
- Focus Areas: Environment: Conservation, Endangered, Global Warming, Water
- Website: www.swimforahealthyworld.org
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