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Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.

He has been described as the "Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming." He was the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world, and he frequently swims in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight.

Pugh is best known for undertaking the first swim across the North Pole in 2007 to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice. In 2010 he swam across a glacial lake on Mount Everest to draw attention to the melting of the glaciers in the Himalayas, and the impact the reduced water supply will have on peace in the region.

He undertakes all of his swims, even those in the Polar Regions, according to Channel Swimming Rules – i.e. in just a Speedo costume, cap and goggles. In 2013 he was inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

In 2010 Pugh was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for his "potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world through inspiring leadership."

In 2013 the United Nations appointed him as the UN Patron of the Oceans.In 2016 he played a pivotal role in creating the largest marine reserve in the world in the Ross Sea off Antarctica. The negotiations required consensus among 24 nations and the EU, a number of which had long standing disputes with one another. The media coined the term “Speedo Diplomacy” to describe his efforts swimming in the icy waters of Antarctica and shutting between the USA and Russia to help negotiate the final agreement.Pugh currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of International Law at the University of Cape Town.

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“Ultimately I wanted to be a pioneer swimmer, a distant descendant of Scott, Amundsen and Hillary, except that I would be an explorer of the water.”

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p 167
Achieving The Impossible (2010)

“As a pioneer swimmer, you've got to be willing to fail and try again. The point isn’t to learn to fail, the point is to learn to bounce back.”

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“My love for the water would always be tempered by respect for dangers that must never be underestimated.”

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p 9, reflecting on his father's near-drowning off the Australian coast
Achieving The Impossible (2010)

“I’ve swum through some very cold and rough seas. I think that’s made me more determined than the average person.”

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“This wasn’t some kind of stunt. This was a symbolic swim, and I needed to be courageous. […] Swimming in a wetsuit or drysuit just wouldn’t send the right signal.”

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p 192, describing his swim across the North Pole (2007)
21 Yaks And A Speedo (2013)

“We made fracking a civil rights issue. Because that is what it is. We all have a right to a healthy environment and to clean water. And so do our children.”

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Against fracking in the Karoo, 3 May 2011
Speaking & Features

“Everywhere water is under threat. It is our most precious resource. And there is no alternative to it.”

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Address to Cape Town Press Club, 13 May 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpVFBOVJKX4
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“I have been haunted by that swim through the whale graveyard and haven’t been able to get the image of the bones out of my head. Man hunted whales almost to the point of extinction, not seeming to care that we would lose one of the wonders of the sea world forever. It is the coldness of the water in Antarctica that preserves the bones and makes it look like they were left there yesterday but I like to think they are there as a reminder of man’s potential for folly.”

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p 315-6, describing his swim at Deception Island, Antarctica (2005)
Achieving The Impossible (2010)

“Most Channel crossings are won or lost before the first stroke is even taken.”

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16 January 2016, Lewis Pugh's blog
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