Environment Quotes by Lewis Gordon Pugh

On 15 July 2007, I swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

Normally I don't race other people; I challenge the environment and my own limitations.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

I can't think of anything more important than the environment we leave to our children and our children's children.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

In the cold, all the blood rushes to your core to protect your heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and brain. When you leave the water,…

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

I've been on swims where people have freaked out about sharks. You have to think about something else, otherwise it will absolutely paralyze you.…

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It…

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give…

— Lewis Gordon Pugh