Lewis Pugh aims to become the first person in history to swim one kilometre in a meltwater ‘supra-glacial’ lake in East Antarctica on the 22 January. In doing so, Pugh hopes to highlight the growing climate emergency and also lobby for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in East Antarctica.

Pugh has urged the UK government to protect its waters.

British born and Cape Town based endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh has completed an epic one-kilometre swim in the Arctic, to raise awareness of runaway climate change in the region. The swim took place along the edge of the Arctic sea ice in -0.5°C waters and was completed in a bracing 22 minutes.

An 80-year-old man started the clean up, and then over 500 citizens joined him, along with swimmer, Lewis Pugh.

Extreme swimmer Lewis Pugh has just finished five record-breaking swims in freezing Antarctic waters to help save the Ross Sea from irreversible damage

Pioneer swimmer Lewis Pugh is taking to the seas again. During the month of August 2014, the United Nations Patron of the Oceans will be the first person to undertake long distance swims in each of the Seven Seas to highlight the importance of marine protected areas