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Lewis Pugh set a world record last week for the most southerly long-distance swim, covering 1 kilometer–about two-thirds of a mile–in frigid waters and driving snow near the Antarctic base of Vernadsky at 65 degrees south latitude. That’s one degree farther south than American Lynne Cox’s similar feat in 2002. It took Pugh just under 19 minutes. “As soon as I dived in, I had a screaming pain all over my body,” Pugh, a British lawyer, told Reuters. “I’m not sure how I kept going. I had to concentrate all the time and swim as fast as I could to keep the cold out.” Pugh wore only a swimsuit, cap and goggles.
