A man from Britain, became the first man who sailed under the ice in Antarctica. Despite the fact that the water temperature was only few degrees above zero, the athlete has been dressed only in swimming trunks.
A 50-year resident of Plymouth, Lewis Pugh plunged into the icy waters of the South pole, to swim where nobody has swum in the channel under the melting ice. The athlete has spent eight minutes in the icy water, the temperature of which was only a few degrees above zero. The drink has produced an amazing swim as part of the training for his second «first in the world» accomplishment: he plans to become the first person who sailed by Sudlenkova the lake, which is formed on the surface of a melted glacier. According to the athlete, the tunnel under the melting glacier is the most beautiful place he had ever seen.
«This is one of the most remote places on the planet.It’s huge. It’s beautiful. But wherever we look, we see the snow melt.» — tells about his impressions Drink. «It took me 33 years of training to swim the eight minutes, and the incredible team of French climbers to safely deliver me into the tunnel.»
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Besides the amazing swim in Antarctic waters, Lewis there’s been a lot of achievements. He became the first person in the world who made the swim long distance in every ocean in the world. In 2007, he was the first to swim the longest distance through the geographic North pole. Kilometer swim was to draw attention to the melting of the Antarctic glaciers.
Swim in the Northern waters is part of the campaign, which was created to raise awareness about the climate crisis at the poles, and calls for the establishment of a network of marine protected areas. Drink getting ready to sail on Sudlenkova the lake. Such lakes appear as a result of melting polar ice and rising with greater speed. Swimming will occur in water only a degree or two above freezing point and will take him 20 minutes. He faces strong winds and the constant risk of drowning at any time in the ice can open a large hole, known as Moulins, with the result that the water may descend for hundreds of meters.
