E2. Lewis Pugh - Swimming the Arctic & Antarctic - Finding Courage, Overcoming Doubt and Diving In Built For Good
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- Self-Improvement
Lewis Pugh - Endurance Swimmer and Ocean Advocate - UN Patron for the Oceans
To be swimming near naked in the shadow of an atomic icebreaker frigid winds of minus 20 whipping across the surface of the frozen water. It had taken Lewis five long years of cold water training and a lifetime of kindling a belief in his ability to overcome self-doubt, and dive in.
Lewis's early life began in the ocean city of Plymouth, England, his parents serving within the British Navy, his life was steeped in stories of great ocean adventurers and pioneers. At a young age, his family made a new home on the tip of South Africa, where he found himself on the edge of one of the wildest oceans in the world, and where his calling to a life of purpose and adventure began.
Summary
The call to a life of purpose and adventure. 0:10
The call to a life that will make a difference. Lewis Pugh, endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.
A swim that could change his life forever.
Lewis shares his early life in the ocean city of Plymouth, England, and how his calling to a life of purpose and adventure began.
The Cape of Good Hope.
The only person who has the power to change your life - is you. 4:28
Lewis was 17 years old and had no formal swimming lessons when he decided he wanted to swim from Robben Island back to cape town.
He found a new momentum in 2004.
The impact that a small amount of encouragement would have on the life of Lewis Pugh.
The great Arctic and Antarctic.
Swimming into the unknown. 8:22
Five years of training to get to the North Pole, a swim into the unknown, the possibility of a frozen death, a very real outcome.
Professor Noakes recalls the moment.
In the 12 years between Lewis's visits to the arctic, he witnessed significant transformations in the environment.
The speed of this change is so astounding.
The environment which you pay for.
A message to world leaders. 13:11
How Lewis became a voice for the oceans using his stories of cold-water swimming to change the minds of world leaders.
The ice tunnel in East Antarctica.
Swimming the ice tunnel. 15:46
Lewis explains why this was the most frightening swim of his life, and why the beauty of the ice tunnel was even more memorable.
The world needed the message.
Lewis recalls a moment with his world class cameraman, kelvin, when he took his ice pick and rammed it up into the roof of the tunnel.
The ice cracks.
The final resting place of the heroic British explorer. 20:05
The Southern Atlantic Ocean is the gateway to the Antarctic, the final resting place of the heroic British explorer Ernest Shackleton, the untamed beauty and vibrant wilderness Lewis observed, becoming the fuel for his future environmental battles.
South Georgia is home to hundreds of king penguins and huge elephant seals.
The source of the Hudson River. 23:09
100 miles off the coast of New York in the blue Atlantic Ocean rain clouds embark upon a windswept journey.
Louis Pugh is preparing for a new challenge - a 350-mile swim from the source of the Hudson River to New York City - where he would bring to world leaders a poignant message.
The power of courage and action. 26:20
Lewis Pugh's extraordinary story, how he took a simple dream and turned it into a global mission.
His dreams, no matter how big or small, can be the seeds of something remarkable.
Wake up every single morning and ask yourself; what can you do today to help solve this crisis.
Lewis Pugh - Endurance Swimmer and Ocean Advocate - UN Patron for the Oceans
To be swimming near naked in the shadow of an atomic icebreaker frigid winds of minus 20 whipping across the surface of the frozen water. It had taken Lewis five long years of cold water training and a lifetime of kindling a belief in his ability to overcome self-doubt, and dive in.
Lewis's early life began in the ocean city of Plymouth, England, his parents serving within the British Navy, his life was steeped in stories of great ocean adventurers and pioneers. At a young age, his family made a new home on the tip of South Africa, where he found himself on the edge of one of the wildest oceans in the world, and where his calling to a life of purpose and adventure began.
Summary
The call to a life of purpose and adventure. 0:10
The call to a life that will make a difference. Lewis Pugh, endurance swimmer and ocean advocate.
A swim that could change his life forever.
Lewis shares his early life in the ocean city of Plymouth, England, and how his calling to a life of purpose and adventure began.
The Cape of Good Hope.
The only person who has the power to change your life - is you. 4:28
Lewis was 17 years old and had no formal swimming lessons when he decided he wanted to swim from Robben Island back to cape town.
He found a new momentum in 2004.
The impact that a small amount of encouragement would have on the life of Lewis Pugh.
The great Arctic and Antarctic.
Swimming into the unknown. 8:22
Five years of training to get to the North Pole, a swim into the unknown, the possibility of a frozen death, a very real outcome.
Professor Noakes recalls the moment.
In the 12 years between Lewis's visits to the arctic, he witnessed significant transformations in the environment.
The speed of this change is so astounding.
The environment which you pay for.
A message to world leaders. 13:11
How Lewis became a voice for the oceans using his stories of cold-water swimming to change the minds of world leaders.
The ice tunnel in East Antarctica.
Swimming the ice tunnel. 15:46
Lewis explains why this was the most frightening swim of his life, and why the beauty of the ice tunnel was even more memorable.
The world needed the message.
Lewis recalls a moment with his world class cameraman, kelvin, when he took his ice pick and rammed it up into the roof of the tunnel.
The ice cracks.
The final resting place of the heroic British explorer. 20:05
The Southern Atlantic Ocean is the gateway to the Antarctic, the final resting place of the heroic British explorer Ernest Shackleton, the untamed beauty and vibrant wilderness Lewis observed, becoming the fuel for his future environmental battles.
South Georgia is home to hundreds of king penguins and huge elephant seals.
The source of the Hudson River. 23:09
100 miles off the coast of New York in the blue Atlantic Ocean rain clouds embark upon a windswept journey.
Louis Pugh is preparing for a new challenge - a 350-mile swim from the source of the Hudson River to New York City - where he would bring to world leaders a poignant message.
The power of courage and action. 26:20
Lewis Pugh's extraordinary story, how he took a simple dream and turned it into a global mission.
His dreams, no matter how big or small, can be the seeds of something remarkable.
Wake up every single morning and ask yourself; what can you do today to help solve this crisis.