By HARRY MOUNT – The Daily Mail
Lewis Pugh will swim a kilometre across a ‘supraglacial’ lake in the Antarctic. His swim will last between 18 and 21 minutes: enough to kill most human beings. The endurance swimmer has trained off the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. He hopes to create a network of protected marine sanctuaries in East Antarctica.
As I plunged into the wind-whipped sea off the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides yesterday morning, the temperature had dropped to 5c (41f). The water was 8c (46f). So at least it was warmer in than out.
