The Great Icelandic Swim with Ross Edgley

Name: The Great Icelandic Swim with Ross Edgley
Released: 2026-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ross Edgley

TV Show · Documentary

World-record-holding ultra-athlete Ross Edgley takes on his most extreme challenge yet as he bids to become the first person to swim all the way around Iceland, 1000 miles of icy water.

2026 · 47m

Starring Ross Edgley

Director Luke Hallam

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Ultra-athlete Ross Edgley attempts to swim all the way around Iceland, 1000 miles of icy water. He begins on Iceland's west coast - the Kingdom of the Bull. In a brutal start, Ross battles hypothermia, seasickness, tongue rot and extreme isolation.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Ross's epic Iceland swim enters the freezing Arctic Circle. When he's not rescuing whales from stinging jellyfish, Ross gets rotting salt wounds as he falls behind schedule.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Three months in, deadly muscle collapse looms and Ross's pee turns chocolate brown with the strain of swimming two marathons a day. Melting glaciers and a hurricane threaten a successful ending to his epic swim.