Ben (Benoit) Lecomte Email and Phone Number

My dream turned into reality in 1998 when I became the first person to swim across the Atlantic Ocean (drift swim) but I soon realized that swimming for me is more than making it across an ocean, it is a mode of expression.For the past 20 years, I have been using extreme swim events to bring attention to marine plastic pollution. In my latest adventures, The Swim (2018) and The Vortex Swim (2019) I swam a combined distance of more than 2,000 statute miles and collected with my team more than 43,000 pieces of plastic. In my next venture, The Chasing Plastic expeditions I will bring a team of scientists and researchers to some of the most isolated islands to study and compare plastic pollution and its impact on those remote ecosystems.The expeditions provide the platform and a tool for decision makers to bring solutions to the surface, create positive impact and inspire others.