Tag: Lewis Gordon Pugh
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Lewis Pugh, Endurance Swimmer and United Nations Patron Of The Oceans
In this episode of Talks at GS, Lewis Pugh, world-record-winning endurance swimmer and United Nations patron of the oceans, discusses how he found passion and purpose in endurance swimming, as well as his mission to protect the world’s oceans and marine life. Learn More https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights…
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Stream With Lewis Pugh, the First Person To Complete a Longdistance Swim in Every Ocean of the World
Lewis Pugh is the first UN Patron of the Oceans. He is best known for swimming in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight. – 2007 a swim across the North Pole in 2007 to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice. – 2010 a swim across a glacial lake on Mount Everest…
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Swimming under the Antarctic ice with Lewis Pugh – Guinness World Records
Open-water endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh (UK) became the first person to venture into meltwater beneath the ice sheet of Antarctica on 23 January 2020. Wearing nothing but swimming trunks, cap and goggles, Pugh swam approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) down what is known as a “subglacial river†located near the Russian Novolazarevskaya research station in…
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First Person to Swim Under the Antarctic Ice Sheet | Mashable Originals
Lewis Pugh is an endurance swimmer and the first person to ever swim underneath the melting Antarctic ice sheet.
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Pit stop with comedian Rory Bremner – Tea with environmental campaigner Lewis Pugh
Back in the summer of 2006 environmental campaigner Lewis Pugh become the first person to swim the length of the River Thames in the summer of 2006. https://youtu.be/z-DH2JvwOVE
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Luke Talks to Antarctica Swimmer, Lewis Pugh
Today, Luke talked to Lewis Pugh about his adventure to Antarctica , and why he went.
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Swimmer plunges through Antarctica’s waters for climate change awareness
British swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh, dubbed the “human polar bear,” has completed the first-ever swim under an ice sheet in Antarctica. Jeff Semple explains how Pugh did it to raise awareness of climate change, and the dire threat facing Antarctica.
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Lewis Pugh Thanks SUSE for Sponsoring his Historic East Antarctica Swim
Lewis Pugh thanks SUSE for their support of his historic swim in East Antarctica to fight climate change and create 1 million sq km of Marine Protected Area around the continent.