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Environmentalist to be recognised with honorary degree

An endurance swimmer who braved water temperatures of minus 1.7C to highlight melting polar ice caps is set to be recognised with an honorary degree. Lewis Pugh, who swam across the North Pole in 2007 to highlight the environmental issues facing the ...

24 Jun 2022 at 14:38

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh in Red Sea swim to highlight climate coral crisis

British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh will swim 100 miles across the Red Sea to highlight the impact of climate change on fragile coral reefs. The UN patron of the oceans, who has previously swum in the Arctic, Antarctica and on Everest to highlight ...

10 Oct 2022 at 13:18

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh completes Red Sea swim to highlight coral plight

British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has completed the world’s first swim across the Red Sea to highlight the threat climate change is posing to coral reefs. The UN patron of the oceans swam 123km (76 miles) from Tiran Island, Saudi Arabia, to ...

26 Oct 2022 at 15:07

British endurance athlete finishes 315-mile Hudson swim for river health

Endurance athlete Lewis Pugh has completed a 315-mile swim down the Hudson River in New York to show the world that rivers can be cleaned up enough for people to swim in, fish in and drink from. Averaging 10 miles a day in just his trunks, ...

13 Sept 2023 at 20:54

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh urges climate action at Cop27 to save corals

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has urged world leaders at Cop27 in Egypt to “put their heads under the water” to see the coral reefs at risk of being lost without rapid climate action. The UN patron of the oceans is calling for nations to ...

04 Nov 2022 at 09:00

Plymouth’s kelp forest to be dedicated to the Queen

A vitally important marine habitat in the English Channel will be dedicated to the Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee. The kelp forests are some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the world and in the UK cover an area ...

30 Aug 2022 at 09:23

Lewis Pugh swims in great whites ‘hotspot’ for shark protection as Jaws turns 50

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is embarking on a swim in a great white shark “hotspot” for the 50th anniversary of Jaws, as he calls for action to protect sharks. The Plymouth-based swimmer is starting a 60-mile swim on Thursday ...

15 May 2025 at 11:41

Lewis Pugh warns we must protect sharks as he completes swim to mark Jaws’ 50th

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh said “we must stop killing sharks” as he completed an “exhausting” swim in the stormy waters where Jaws was filmed. The conservationist and UN patron of the oceans has launched a campaign to ...

27 May 2025 at 14:50

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