“I saw dolphins and a sea wolf very close”: Barbara Hernández completes night challenge in Viña Del Mar and qualifies Canal de La Mancha Doble

The outstanding Chilean extreme swimmer Bárbara Hernández, known worldwide as “the Ice Mermaid”, has just achieved a new milestone in her career. The athlete made the first qualifying swim inside Chile, consisting of an 8-hour swim in the waters of Viña del Mar. Thanks to this milestone, she was able to qualify a double crossing of the Channel of La Mancha, between England and France, one of the most demanding tests of swimming in open water, si…