[Zakeet]

[Savage Beast]

"Such a swim would have been impossible as little as 10 years ago because the water would have been frozen."

Now's a good time to do it, in case it turns out to be Global Cooling instead.

[Bommer]

Hey Swimming dumbass! Global Warmign is supposed to be YEAR ROUND! Lets see you swim it in Winter! My tagline says it all!

[ContraryMary]

He sounds like an upcoming candidate for a Darwin award.

[GreenHornet]

Sporting just a cap, trunks and goggles, Lewis Gordon Pugh will swim 1 km (0.6 miles) in water at a temperature of minus 1.8 degrees Celsius on July 15, a dip he expects to last 21 minutes.

Will he also, however, make sure his skin is completely coated with some type of oil or cream to insulate his skin against the effects of the frigid water? (and very conveniently fail to mention this to anyone.)

[trumandogz]

He will need a wet suit and an very full bladder.

[TrebleRebel]

The Great Global Warming Swindle
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swindle/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXc9H5JSyow&mode=related&search=

[JB in Whitefish]

Any possibility this jackass will drown...???

[UnklGene]

Amateurs!

[Zack Nguyen]

He actually did it:

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/swimmer-takes-plunge-at-north-pole/20070716155009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

This seems, shall we say, extreme. I’m just glad his heart didn’t stop when he hit the water. As a swimmer myself, I can really appreciate how difficult this is. Now as for his cause...

[VOA]

When I saw the news clip on this, there was ice floating around the guy...
and no indication of latitude/longitude (easy from GPS) to show the
location of his swimming in the news clip.