I saw on 60 Minutes II this evening a feature story on a woman who swam about 1.2 miles in the Antarctic waters. She was wearing nothing more than an ordinary swim suit. Wow!
When I was a diver with the Coast Guard (early '70's) we did an Arctic dive (500 miles north of Spitzbergen). It was really cool! (I mean fun.) I had a quarter-inch wetsuit on and we peed in the suit to create a warm barrier. We made about three dives like that lasting about 20 minutes each. Talk about clear water! We could see the whole length of the ship - 269 feet. Never seen anything like that since.
When I was a diver with the Coast Guard (early '70's) we did an Arctic dive (500 miles north of Spitzbergen). It was really cool! (I mean fun.) I had a quarter-inch wetsuit on and we peed in the suit to create a warm barrier. We made about three dives like that lasting about 20 minutes each. Talk about clear water! We could see the whole length of the ship - 269 feet. Never seen anything like that since.
