Tag: Bárbara Hernández

In more record-breaking news A Chilean swimmer has undertaken the longest swim ever by a person in Antarctic waters. Wearing only a standard bathing suit Bárbara Hernández made the swim on Sunday in icy waters just off Greenwich Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. She swam 2.5 kilometers in 45 minutes in water temperatures of just…

Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is known for its iconic endemic species—emperor, Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo penguins; crabeater and leopard seals; and thousands more. Now you can add another to the list: “ice mermaid.”  Bárbara Hernández, a Chilean cold-water swimmer known as the “Ice Mermaid” (“Sirena de Hielo” in Spanish), is en route with the country’s navy…