A British explorer has become the first person to record swimming at the most remote place from land on the planet.
Chris Brown set off on a 10-day sailing trip to Point Nemo, which is around 2677 kilometres from land in any direction.
Situated in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and South America it is closer to the astronauts on the International Space Station than it is to any other human beings.
The nearest land is Ducie Island in the Pitcairn Islands, Motu Nui by Easter Island and Maher Island in Antarctica.
You have to go all the way to the Chatham Islands, in New Zealand, or to Chile to find another living soul.
The area is so remote and so rarely visited by humans it is used as a dumping ground for space junk.
Nine News reported Brown and his sone Mika braved the waters to become the first ever people to record swimming there.
"If anything were to happen to the Hanse Explorer [his expedition's ship] we are hundreds, if not thousands, of kilometres off any shipping lanes," Brown told Nine News.
"Help would be a long time coming".
Brown said getting into the water was perilous with high waves and strong currents that could wash you further out to sea. They were also attacked by an albatross who didn't like them being in their territory.
Brown said while ships pass by Point Nemo no one had recorded actually stopping there.
"What we have done is remove that uncertainty," Nine News reported.
"All of that is a long winded way of saying 'yes', I think I can claim to be the first person to get in the water and swim at Point Nemo."
