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America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

Jumping in with Ice Mermaids

Season 2 Episode 6 | 6m 04s

Baratunde learns to embrace the cold by taking a winter ocean swim with some of Maine's Ice Mermaids.

Major support is provided by Anne Ray Foundation, a Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy and the Richard King Mellon Foundation. Support is also provided by John and Ruth Huss, Susan and Thomas McCarthy, Linda Willette and Jan Willette, and Mildred McLean and Daniel Waugh.
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America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
Maine: Embrace the Cold
In a state with long and icy winters, Mainers embrace the cold.
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