Story · Swim
Swim to Antarctica
2 km
The swim in 0 °C water at Neko Harbour.
Two kilometres. Lynne Cox swam it at 0 °C.
- It stands on
- 1900 m
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 1900 m swim
- Most weeks
- A swim of about 45 minutes, in 7 of the last 8 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 2 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of running or riding counting as 30 minutes
- Swimming itself
- At least 1 hour 15 minutes a week
The story
In 2002 Lynne Cox swam 1.2 miles in 0 °C water off Antarctica. Source: Cox, Swimming to Antarctica.
The ladder
- 500 m/
- 1000 m/
- 1500 m/
- 1900 m/
- Swim to Antarctica