What is that old saying? Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun. Well apparently they are also the only ones stupid enough to go for a swim in ice-water...even if it is to prove a point...

British adventurer and swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh on Sunday became the first person to swim in the icy waters of the North Pole, to raise awareness of how global warming is effecting the polar ice cap.
Pugh, 37, took 18 minutes and 50 seconds to swim one kilometre (0.6 miles) in the minus 1.8-degree Celsius (28.8-degree Fahrenheit) water -- the coldest water ever swum in, he claimed in a statement.

"I hope my swim will inspire world leaders to take climate change seriously. The decisions which they make over the next few years will determine the biodiversity of our world," he added.

"I want my children, and their children, to know that polar bears are still living in the Arctic. These creatures are on the front line up here," he added

The polar bears are doing just fine. It's half-witted environmentalists who risk their lives to "prove" a non-existant point who are on the front lines...the front of the line to the insane asylum.

What kind of a living can one make as an adventure swimmer? Rather than frolicking with the polar bears, shouldn't he be at his job pursuing profit for his family's well-being?