Gill Punk broke a Guinness World Record by dressing as a polar bear to run the PolarNight Marathon in Norway. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
Punt crossed the finish line in her polar bear costume, earning the Guinness World Records title for the fastest ice marathon dressed as a mammal (female).
Punt’s marathon run raised $25,628 for charity Cancer Research U.K., bringing the total she has raised for the organization over the years to about $2.39 million.
Punt said she uses her runs to raise money for the charity in memory of her father, who died at the age of 56 in 1999.
“I lost my father at a young age to cancer of the bile duct and this awful event began my fundraising adventures for CRUK,” she told Guinness World Records. “There is probably not a family in the U.K. or the entire world that has not been affected by this dreadful disease. So I will continue doing all I can to support CRUK in their vital work.”
