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Finally Sailing Across the English Channel After a Nerve-Wracking Wait

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Sigurgeir Svanbergsson, a professional sea swimmer, has been staying in Dover, England, for the past few days, waiting for permission to swim to tackle one of the greatest feats of ocean swimming – swimming across the English Channel. For a while, it was uncertain whether he would be allowed to start the swim at all due to the difficult weather forecast, but it is now clear that he will set off at 7 am local time, or 6 am Icelandic time. The off…
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Sigurgeir Svanbergsson, a professional sea swimmer, has been staying in Dover, England, for the past few days, waiting for permission to swim to tackle one of the greatest feats of ocean swimming – swimming across the English Channel. For a while, it was uncertain whether he would be allowed to start the swim at all due to the difficult weather forecast, but it is now clear that he will set off at 7 am local time, or 6 am Icelandic time. The off…

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RÚV broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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