Courtesy of International Ice Swimming Association, Polar Circle.
Ram Barkai of the International Ice Swimming Association officially defined Polar Miles as an Ice Mile that is completed entirely below 60°S in the Antarctic Circle or above 70°N in the Arctic Circle.
On Planet Earth, the Arctic Circle is defined at a latitude of 66°33′46.6″ N, and the Antarctic Circle is defined at a latitude of 66°33′46.6″ S.
Photo above shows Ger Kennedy and the swimmers of the Antarctica 2020 International Swim, a series of solo ice swimming challenges and environmental swims inside the Antarctic Circle that was nominated for the 2020 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
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