Achieving the Impossible

In July 2007, Lewis Gordon Pugh became the first person to swim at the North Pole, in temperatures that would kill a normal person, primarily to raise awareness of climate change. Nicknamed ''the human polar bear'' for his ability to raise his body temperature at will, he has pioneered swims in the world''s most hostile waters, redefining what it is possible to achieve in terms of endurance.

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