Most Ice Mile swims (male)

The most Ice Miles by a male swimmer is 16 by Ger Kennedy (Ireland) between 24 February 2013 and 25 October 2024, with the most recent completed at Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway. All his swims have been recognized by the International Ice Swimming Association.

As per IISA regulations, for all swims the water temperature has to be below 5°C (41°F) for the swim to qualify.

Kennedy's swims took place as follows:

24 February 2013: Lough Dan, County Wicklow, Ireland (40 min)

23 February 2014: Lough Dan, County Wicklow, Ireland (37 min 5 sec)

1 March 2014: Lough Dan, County Wicklow, Ireland (51 min 10 sec)

28 February 2015: Grand Canal Dock, Dublin, Ireland (36 min 15 sec)

16 January 2016: Wild Water Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK (32 min 30 sec)

6 March 2017: Mikkelvik Brygge, Norway (34 min 5 sec)

9 December 2017: Tyumen, Siberia, Russia (43 min 10 sec)

6 January 2018: Lake Ouiouane, Morocco (37 min 10 sec)

22 February 2018: M Street Beach South Boston, Massachusetts, USA (32 min 15 sec)

8 March 2018: Forty Foot, Dublin, Ireland (34 min 13 sec)

1 June 2019: Thredbo Reservoir, New South Wales, Australia (38 min 2 sec)

4 October 2019: Laguna de Incas, Portillo, Chile (36 min 55 sec)

24 February 2020: Paradise Bay, Antarctica (34 min 2 sec)

17 February 2023: Wörthersee, Austria (38 min 24 sec)

24 February 2024: Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali, Morocco (38 min 24 sec)

25 October 2024: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway (32 min 3 sec)