British ultramarathon swimmer Ross Edgley has completed a swimming endurance challenge, in which he swam 1,600 km around Iceland. Edgley started the challenge in Reykjavik on 17th May, and swam clockwise around Iceland’s coastline, finishing up on 8th September back in Reykjavik’s Nauthólsvík Beach. Speaking to Sky News, Edgely explained, “It has been the toughest and most ambitious challenge I have attempted yet. The weather proved to be a tough challenge, even leaving Edgley with no option but to be out of the ocean on occasion. Ross Edgley has been a pioneer of this movement.”