CNN: How an open water swimmer braved freezing water to uncover Antarctica's 'dark secret'


How an open water swimmer braved freezing water to uncover Antarctica's 'dark secret'
Once he had overcome the aching, agonizing cold of the water — and while he continued to negotiate a tunnel cluttered with enormous stalactites — Lewis Pugh was struck by the colors.

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