Extreme swimmer, Steve “the Seal” swims for 20 minutes in Antarctica in water at 1°

St̬ve Stievenart, 46, pushes his limits. MAXPPP РSebastien JARRY

The colder it is, the more he likes it. His swimming in Antarctica among glaciers and penguins adds to an already well-stocked track record.

The extreme swimmer Stève Stievenart, nicknamed "the Seal" and specialist in crossings of the Channel, has succeeded in a new challenge: swimming in water at 1° of Antarctica, he announced on Monday.

Your hands and feet swell very quickly and it's very painful

In the company of other swimmers, the 46-year-old man, resident in Wimereux (Pas-de-Calais), swam on Saturday & quot;one kilometer near Port Lockroy, an English scientific base, in water at 1° and an exterior at 0°, in a time of 19 minutes and 46 seconds", he said in a press release.

"I had a lot of fun even if (…) your hands and feet swell very quickly and that&# 39;is very painful", he added, a few weeks after announcing that he wanted to make this crossing.

He has already crossed the Channel six times

Two weeks earlier, Stève Stievenart had achieved a first feat by crossing the Beagle Channel from Chile to Argentina (1.7 kilometers in 46 minutes) at the extreme south of the American continent, in water at approximately 8°.

His swim in Antarctica among glaciers and penguins adds to an already well-stocked list of achievements: Stève Stievenart has crossed the English Channel six times, considered the Everest of the world. #39;endurance in open water, including once in a round trip, becoming the first Frenchman to achieve this, and another in winter, which had never been done before.