North Pole Swim Highlights Climate Change
1 Comment July 16, 2007 / Posted in CampaignsAfter movies, concerts and marches, Lewis Gordon Pugh has come up with a slightly colder way to highlight climate change. The city lawyer plunged into the sea at The North Pole to swim 1km to “inspire world leaders to take climate change seriously”. According to The BBC “Lewis Gordon Pugh, 37, swam for 18 minutes and 50 seconds in temperatures of -1.8C (28.7F), the coldest waters a human has swum in” dressed in just cap, googles and a pair of Speedos!
There’s more information about Lewis Gordon Pugh on his website. According to Pugh “It shouldn’t be possible to swim at the North Pole! But it now is, and only due to climate change”. Photos and more information about this remarkable swim can be seen at North Pole Challenge.
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