Arctic Diver Frozen Out of Record Attempt

Since I am always curious what other 'Arctic Divers' are up to, this news story caught my eyes immediately:

from Edinburgh Evening News:

"Former Broughton High School pupil Daros Gray, who specialises in Arctic diving, was forced to abandon his quest to swim underwater in Sweden's deepest lake after temperatures plummeted to -30 C above ground and -3 C under water.

Mr Gray, a security contractor in the Capital, hoped to "free dive" in Lake Tornetrask, about 160 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and swim for up to 100m underwater without any scuba equipment.

But the ice was too thick for Mr Gray's team's cutting equipment and they were not able to carve out a channel for the attempt.

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The diver, a champion spear-fisherman who killed a five-metre great white shark in self-defence off Cape Town, South Africa, said he planned to return to the lake next year."

What can I say: security contractor, under-ice free-diver, spear-fisherman, great white shark killer (apparently in self-defence...).

Any questions?