Swimming outdoors is very different from swimming in a pool (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Swimming outdoors is very different from swimming in a pool

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It's a completely different experience to swim in a warm indoor pool in your swimsuit than it is to fall into a cold fjord, lake or river.  Swimming instruction for students needs to take this into account. 

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Photo: Nina Merete Lyngstad/NTNU

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