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The Chilean "Ice Mermaid" broke an unusual record: swimming 2.5 kilometers in frozen waters

2023-02-09T20:26:46.385Z


Bárbara Hernández is a Chilean swimmer known as "The Ice Mermaid" and she has just broken an unusual record: swimming 2.5 kilometers in the waters | Latin America | CNN


Bárbara Hernández is a Chilean swimmer known as "La Sirena de Hielo" and she has just broken an unusual record: swimming 2.5 kilometers in the frozen waters of the Chilean Antarctic in just over 45 minutes.

The temperature and the lack of protective equipment did not prevent Hernández from breaking this record to also carry a message about caring for this region.

Rafael Romo, from CNN, tells us this story.

Source: cnnespanol

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