Endurance swimmer completes 1km swim in North Pole
Endurance swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh has completed a 1km swim at the North Pole to highlight the effects of climate change. The 37 year old lawyer from London swam for 18 minutes and 50 seconds in temperatures of minus 1.8C, which is the coldest water any human has ever swam in, wearing only a pair of skimpy trunks. He completed the challenge at 2am BST yesterday, swimming along a crack in the ice towards the geographic North Pole. Pugh described the moment he dived into the icy black water "the pain was immediate and felt like my body was on fire. I was in excruciating pain from beginning to end and I nearly quit on a few occasions". The reason for the swim was to highlight how Arctic waters are now much warmer due to global warming.
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