Lewis Gordon Pugh: Swimming to the North Pole through the freezing Arctic waters

The ‘icebear’ continues to defy imagination! Late last year, Lewis pushed human boundaries even further by swimming to the North Pole – and in so doing highlighting the effect of global warming. To quote Lewis ‘Through twenty years of record-breaking swims in the world's five oceans, I have witnessed climate change from a front row position. Today, I use my swims, and my love for the environment to raise awareness about these life-threatening changes. My mission is to inspire people to make a difference. In your world and our world.’ But then, Lewis is no stranger to accolades. He was short listed as one of OutThere Adventurer’s of the Year for 2004, for setting the record for the most northerly distance swim in the world (a 1070m swim at 80° North – just 1 100km from the North Pole), and then was also OutThere Adventurer of the Year 2005 runner-up for becoming the first person to complete a long-distance swim in all five of the worlds oceans (the Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic and Southern).