When The Tide Turns | Anna Wardley | TEDxGosport

[Applause] It's hard to describe to you the bone shattering cold as the frigid seawater penetrates my exposed body. I'm clad in just a lycra swimsuit and a silicon cap. That combined with this searing burning pain in my shoulders as stroke after stroke takes its toll.Later, I'd calculate that I did 87,000 strokes over the course of those two days. It's 55 nautical miles around the aisle of white. And for the land lobers amongst you, that's more than 100 kilometers.To swim around it would take me more than 2 ...