André Wiersig is one of the best extreme swimmers in the world. Now he is facing the biggest challenge of his life. He wants to set a world record in the Seychelles: swim 53 kilometers across the open Indian Ocean wearing only swimming trunks and goggles to draw attention to the state of the oceans.

The documentary series Man of the Ocean in the ZDF series planet e. is a production of ndF: Entertainment. The three episodes have been available for streaming on zdf.de since April 11 and have been broadcast on ZDF on Sundays at 3.45 pm since April 13.

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