Man swims at North Pole

[Richard D]

Man swims at North Pole. The record is both triumph and drama

30 Aug, 2007 Environment

As many of you already know Earth’s climate is suffering from tremendous changes due to the “Green House” effect. A much smaller percent of us really do something about it. Lewis Pugh, a British adventurer, decided to act as he swam 0.6 miles (1 km) in the freezing, now ice-free, waters of the North Pole.

By staying almost 19 minutes in water at temperatures of 29°F (-1.6 °C – if you are wondering how water doesn’t turn to ice at that temperature, the explanation is that salt keeps it from freezing) he set another record for swimming in the coldest waters a human has ever done. Lewis, a WWF-UK ambassador, explained before setting off to the North Pole his aim:” I want to raise awareness of climate change by showing dramatically what is happening in the Arctic. I can’t think of a better way to show that climate change is a reality than by swimming in a place that should be totally frozen over.”

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