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You know, for the communities that live along the volta river, it's a source of food and industry, business. it has a lot of cultural and spiritual significance as well. it also... the reason there's a volta lake at all is because of the construction of the akosombo dam. and the dam is a very important hydroelectric source of power for the country. normally, i will swim for, in the right conditions, for two or two and a half hours in the morning. if the conditions are bad, it might be more like one hour in the morning. and during that time, i'm accompanied by one of the crew members, who is in...

I am travelling 450km down the volta river, including volta lake, from the northern part of ghana to the southernmost part of ghana as part of a research and swim expedition called the agbetsi living water expedition. what we're doing is collecting water and air samples to look at the quality of water along the stretch of the country, specifically looking for microfibres from textiles. the volta river is one of, perhaps the most important, internal waterway in ghana. you know, for the communities that live along the volta river, it's a source of food

Being on the boat and me swimming in the river. and i havejust... just 18km left to go to reach the estuary where the volta river joins the gulf of guinea. or perhaps one way of getting closer... this one, sorry. this is the one i was talking about. ok, so we're here and we're trying to aim for the point where we almost hit the ocean. and so if i measure the remaining distance left, we have between 15km and 16km, or 17km maximum. so she's going to swim the first 12 and then do the... for the next two hours and then do the final five after an hour's break. i experience a number of different fee...

For microfibers from textiles. the volta river is one of, perhaps the most important, internal waterway in ghana. you know, for the communities that live along the volta river, it's a source of food and industry, business. it has a lot of cultural and spiritual significance as well. it also... the reason there's a volta lake at all is because of the construction of the akosombo dam. and the dam is a very important hydroelectric source of power for the country. normally, i will swim, in the right conditions, for two or two and a half hours in the morning. if the conditions are bad, it might be ...

Well, up next, another in our series of remarkable people going on incrediblejourneys. and this time we're off to ghana in west africa to meet a woman who's putting her love of swimming to good use by taking on one of africa's great rivers. i am travelling 450km down the volta river, including volta lake, from the northern part of ghana to the southernmost part of ghana as part of a research and swim expedition called the agbetsi living water expedition. what we're doing is collecting water and air samples to look at the quality of water along the stretch of the country, specifically looking