Below you'll find a list of all posts from January, 2020
MOSCOW: To mark the 200th anniversary of the sighting of Antarctica by Russian explorer Admiral von Bellingshausen, Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans, Antartica2020 Champion, and endurance swimmer, just completed a swim in a sub-glacial river underneath the East Antarctica ice sheet and has now travelled to Moscow to bring attention to the need for Southern Ocean protection.
Lewis Pugh to attempt the world’s first swim across a supra-glacial lake in Antarctica on 22 January 2020. Pugh completes training camp on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland He now leaves for Antarctica for additional training from 14th January ahead of the 1km swim across a supra-glacial lake Pugh will then head to Moscow for meetings …
Source and Author: Lewis Pugh. Swimming is a solitary pursuit. It’s just you and the water. Yet preparing for a swim in Antarctica is anything but a solitary endeavour. Aside from the physical preparation, there are expedition logistics and planning, honing campaign messaging, and the quiet, considered diplomacy that brings about real results. I don’t just swim for the love …
Source and Author: Lewis Pugh. I’m standing on a desolate beach on the Isle of Lewis. The sea is steely grey. My feet are freezing on the sand and the wind is so strong I have to shout to be heard by my training partner Max, standing just a meter away. It’s perfect. The sea quickly finds you out if …
