Lewis Pugh – Seven Seas, Seven Swims, One Reason…
All has been revealed and South African swimmer, author and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh has set off on his latest mission – to swim the seven seas! He will be the first person to undertake long distance swims in each of these seas. In a press conference in London this week, it was announced that […]
All has been revealed and South African swimmer, author and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh has set off on his latest mission – to swim the seven seas! He will be the first person to undertake long distance swims in each of these seas.
In a press conference in London this week, it was announced that Pugh’s challenging expedition was to start in the Mediterranean Sea and then continue to the the Adriatic, Aegean, Black, Red, Arabian and North Sea.
He has teamed up on this expedition with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – for whom he is a Patron – “to campaign for more Marine Protected Areas (national parks in the seas)”.
UNEP said in a statement that “in 2007 UNEP’s Patron became the first person to complete a long distance swim at the Geographic North Pole. In August he will be the first person to undertake long distance swims in each of the Seven Seas as he embarks on the campaign, “Seven Swims in the Seven Seas for 1 Reason”.
“These seas are amongst the most polluted and overfished in the world. Lewis’ underwater journey starts this Thursday in the Mediterranean Sea and continues to the the Adriatic, Aegean, Black, Red, Arabian and North Sea.”
A co-sponsor of the campaign is Living Oceans Foundation, an organisation which explores and surveys coral reefs around the world to promote their conservation.
Pugh set off from Monte Carlo, Monaco, yesterday…and will next visit Zadar (Croatia), Athens (Greece), Istanbul (Turkey), Aqaba (Joradn), Rass Al Hadd (Oman) before ending his swimming expedition in London (UK) towards the end of August.
He is undertaking this huge mission for one reason: “overfishing and pollution are destroying our oceans. Today we embark on #7swims to change that.”
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