Crete Swim - Kalas, Paul

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Résumé :
Introducing a new adventure guide for people who love to travel and SWIMThis is a pioneering swim travel guide with 30 locations around the Mediterranean island of Crete, where open water swimmers can discover routes between 25 meters and 6 km that have a particular beauty, novelty, scenery, or history. Explore impressive marine caves, fabulous beaches, circumnavigate islets, and swim through tunnels, gorges, and under sea arches. Swim in a bay where the great Odysseus once anchored his ships on his way to Troy, or over a WWII ship sunk on its way to rescue Allied troops. Experience amazing night swims to marvel at the brilliant stars above and flashing bioluminescent plankton below. Read extensive tips on open water swimming techniques, safety, preparation, gear, and navigation (piloting). Includes short swims for beginners, more difficult routes for advanced swimmers, and all are great for kayaking and stand-up paddling. Non-swimming friends and family will be visiting beaches that are among the most spectacular on the island. Each location has a satellite map of routes, accurate GPS coordinates, and photography to guide the swimmer. Enjoy a dynamic eBook version that can be read immediately where all information links and GPS coordinates are clickable....

Biographie:
PAUL KALAS is an astronomer who searches for planetary systems around other stars using the most advanced telescopes in existence. He is an astronomy faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, a research scientist at SETI Institute and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research career includes the publication of four breakthrough papers as first author in the leading scientific journals Nature and Science. In 2008 he announced the first optical image of an extrasolar planet orbiting the nearby star Fomalhaut using the Hubble Space Telescope, for which he was awarded the Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 2009.

Sommaire:
DR. PAUL KALAS is an accomplished astronomer who spends his nights seeking out undiscovered planets among the billions of stars in our galaxy, and the days searching our own blue planet for unforgettable open water swimming experiences. He is the book's insider swim guide, having spent a lifetime exploring Crete's pristine waters, along with four generations of family who were open water swimmers around this remarkable Mediterranean island....