An Ice Mile is swimming a distance of a mile in water of 5 degrees or below.
With no neoprene, you’re only allowed your swimsuit, goggles, hat. You can wear earplugs, too.

The Ice Mile is a film showing both the beauty and adventure in outdoor swimming – chasing those lower temperatures in the cooling winter, community, pushing distance and the body to its limit. 

The film documents cold water swimmer Becca Harvey over the course of a year, following her journey and her training, documenting what it takes to consider an Ice Mile. It takes us through the beauty and the harshness of UK landscapes through the exploration of bodies of water, celebrating our natural spaces – from mountain tarns to the ocean that surrounds us. 

A Waymakers Collective film
Directed by Rachel Sarah
Cinematography by Rachel Sarah, Michael Fleming,
Jeremy Hubbard & Jessie Leong
Featuring Becca Harvey, Fenwick Ridley, Alice Goodridge & ‘Pip’ Harvey

Screenings & Festivals

Kendal Mountain Festival / Sheffield Adventure Film Festival – Silver Best Film / Type Two Fun Film Festival /Scottish Adventure Film Tour / London Mountain Film Festival / Timber Festival / Montrose Land And Sea Festival / Central / Scotland Documentary Festival / SwimWild Winter Festival / Finisterre Bath / Curzon Clevedon / Firestation Sunderland / The Forum Hexam / Sheffield Showcase / Red Presents: The Ice Mile / Outside in MCR

Features & Press

Sidetracked Magazine (Issue 26 cover) / Outdoor Swimmer Magazine / ITV News / Look North Scotland / Living North Magazine / The Courier / Base Magazine / Sunderland Echo / Red Paddle News

Finding Bo is scheduled for online release in winter 2025.