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Published online 20 December 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051219-1
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Man breaks world records with Antarctic swim
How can a person wearing only Speedo trunks survive the icy sea?
British swimmer Lewis Pugh this week broke two world records, for the most southerly swim ever undertaken in the ocean, and the longest-duration polar swim ever completed. In completing the two feats, he battled temperatures that would kill you or me in minutes.
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