On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give up once, it's quite hard. If you give up a second time, it's a little bit… — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Normally I don't race other people; I challenge the environment and my own limitations. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything more important than the environment we leave to our children and our children's children. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand. — Lewis Gordon Pugh Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
