The British swimmer did the swim as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the climate crisis at the Earth's poles.
He also faced a severe wind-chill factor and had to contend with the threat of the glacial river suddenly emptying out though a crack in the ice and tumbling hundreds of metres to the rock bed below. Mr Pugh hopes the swim will be a catalyst for the creation of a network of marine protected areas in the wilderness of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica, to reduce pressure on wildlife and counter the impacts of climate change.
— RTÉ News January 28, 2020 "Today was certainly the most frightening swim of my life," Mr Pugh said."We need immediate action from all nations to protect our planet," he said.
But if you died due to hypothermia that would be the end of your Climate Change Activism.
So what?
Two new little ice cubes discovered with speedos washed up next to them!
Is this supposed to imply the water is not cold anymore? ahahah, Getting desperate now.
Lewis is now suffering from Pneumonia...
Antarctic ice is below the average but no radical reduction.......
'A call for action on climate emergency' ... Imagine if he'd got into difficulties while performing this stunt ... Where would the call of action be then?
No balls to that.
Did he swim to the Antartic? Or more likely he took five jet flights and 6 boat trips getting there. probably left a oil slick trail behind him.
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