Swimming The Bering Strait

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In 1987, an American endurance swimmer called Lynne Cox swam across the "Ice Curtain" between the USA and the Soviet Union. The Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait are only 2.7 miles apart, but divided by near-freezing water and Cold War rivalry. Lynne Cox spoke to Simon Watts about her swim in 2012. This programme is a rebroadcast.

PHOTO: Lynne Cox on the Bering Strait. (Copyright Rich Roberts)

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0:35.4	Sounds.
0:36.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:40.9	My name's Linda Davies and I commissioned
0:43.0	podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:45.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,
0:49.0	featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:54.4	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
1:00.9	poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories.
1:04.3	And that's just a few examples.
1:06.2	If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected,
1:09.4	find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. You're listening to the Witness History
1:14.4	podcast on the BBC World Service with me Simon Watts. Today I'm taking you back
1:19.7	to 1987 and the story of an American swimmer who crossed the bearing straight
1:25.2	between the USA and the Soviet Union during the Cold War in an attempt to bring the
1:30.5	two great powers closer together.
1:32.8	A 30-year-old American woman has become the first person to swim
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