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A Cleansing Welcome to the Mahicannituck

Monday 4 September was a special day for the Foundation, as Lewis and the swim team were welcomed into Lenape territory by Chief Vincent Mann and members of the Lenape Ramapough Turtle Clan. The Lenape are the original inhabitants of much of what is now New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware, including all of the Lower Hudson Valley.
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Opinion

It's Time to Take Radical Responsibility for Our Actions

I was in Greenland to swim across the face of the world's fastest moving glacier. But the volume of ice that entered the bay that day, and the terrific speed at which it was moving, made swimming impossible. It had turned into a motorway of ice.
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Blog

A World of Difference

Before I started on this Greenland Swim I was hoping for an average water temperature of 3°C. But when we arrived at Ilulissat the water temperature was 0°C. We had to change my swim plan.
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Press Release

UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh begins ‘Coldest Swim On Earth’ and his Most Challenging Yet – to highlight Melting Planet

The UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh begins his attempt at the coldest swim on Earth and the most challenging of his career. The 10km swim across the Ilulissat Iceford in Greenland commences today, following completion of his cold-water adaptation programme and training in Iceland, and will highlight the rapid melting as result of the Climate Crisis.
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Campaigns

The Climate Swim: No Ice, No Life

How do you negotiate with an iceberg? You go around it. I'm about to swim where I shouldn't be able to, for the second time in my life. All because of ice – or the lack of it.
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News

Justice is a Universal Concept

WATCH Lewis Pugh’s address to the UN on World Ocean’s Day, 8 June 2021.
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What Action Can You Take Today to Save our Oceans?

On this World Oceans day Lewis Pugh took a dip with some Cape Fur Seals off the tip of Africa near Cape Town. During his swim, the UN Patron of the Oceans asks us to consider our impact on oceans and what we can do to make a positive difference to save our seas.
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On the Edge: Lewis Pugh

The goal of Michael Booth’s short film On The Edge: Lewis Pugh, was to show the lengths to which this incredible man goes to bring the world’s attention to his biggest passion, our planet’s oceans. Lewis is the real deal, no show-boating, no stunts, he is ‘just’ a normal human being that pushes his body right to the edge by using the power of his mind.
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Highly Protected Marine Areas: It's time to dive in

There is time for reflection and review, and there is time for action. The coronavirus pandemic has given us a massive ‘timeout’. It has given us time to stop and review our actions and reflect on how we can do things better. It has shown us how utterly crucial nature is for our survival.
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