Welcome to the Brighton Icebergers

Welcome to the home of the "Brighton Icebergers", the year round open water swimming group founded by John Locco – sea temp in Winter 7 – 12 deg C rising to 22 deg C in Summer.

The Brighton Icebergers, with much history behind them, have access to two great facilities for year round swimming.

In the 1980's when John Locco, the prime mover in the preservation of the Middle Brighton Baths and environs began swimming around the Brighton pier with his great mate Robert Hooper, little did he envisage how the number of swimmers would grow, events multiply and sorties undertaken to compete in ocean swims around Victoria and the Globe..Read More..

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2010 by Jenny Roberts Thompson

2009 by Andrew Miller

2008 by Jenny Roberts Thompson

2007 by Andrew Miller

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Beyond the Tip

Iceberger Don Warner has recently published a new book about the Brighton Icebergers, called Beyond The Tip Tales of the Icebergers of Brighton . The book is 230 pages long, with 228 photos and chronicles the swimming histories of 152 Iceberger swimmers. In addition, the book also includes numerous full colour photos of certain Iceberger events, some very 'cool' and very 'cold' places to swim and other information pertinent to our hardy winter swimming group. Loading...

Hypothermia

HYPOTHERMIA Dr Mind, Dr Body, Dr Eye 2016 What is hypothermia? Hypothermia is defined as a body core temperature less than 35 C. Decreased consciousness occurs when the core temperature falls to approximately 32 to 30 C. Normal body temperature is 37.2 C Who is at risk for developing hypothermia? WE ALL ARE!!! BUT particularly…. people under 16 and over 65 alcohol use: alcohol makes you feel warm inside, but causes blood vessels to dilate, causing increased heat loss, and can upset thermoregulation medical illnesses that affect sensation in extremities eg feet and medications dehydration and jetlag Swimming in cold water In cold water, heat is conducted away from the body and transferred to the water. Heat is lost very quickly, 25 to 30 times faster in water than air. Swimming ie activity further increases heat loss (increase by 35-50%) How long can a person survive in cold water? Water temp // Exhaustion // Survival 4C-10C // 30 ...

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