In this video, Wim Hof (The Netherlands) swam 57.5 m. (188 ft 6in) under ice in a lake near the Finnish village of Kolari on March 16, 2000. He did not make use of any special equipment, and wore only swimming trunks and a pair of goggles. The record now stands at 72m (236 ft 22in), and was acheived by Stig Åvall Severinsen (Denmark) in Knudssø, Ry, Denmark, on 6 March 2010. Welcome to the official Guinness World Records YouTube channel! If you're looking for videos featuring the world's tallest, shortest, fastest, longest, oldest and most incredible things on the planet, you're in the right place. Willkommen im offiziellen Guinness World Records Kanal! Wenn du auf der Suche nach den größten, kleinsten, schnellsten, längsten, ältesten und unglaublichsten Dingen der Welt bist, dann bist du hier genau richtig. LIKE us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GuinnessWorldRecords FOLLOW us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/gwrnews Find out more: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Add us to your G+ circles: http://bit.ly/GWRgplus