38-year-old Briton Lewis Gordon Pugh, known for numerous swimming achievements in the most difficult and inaccessible places in the world, went on Saturday in a kayak from the Norwegian island of Svalbard across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole – reports the BBC. The goal of long on 1,2 thousand. Km. of the expedition is to pay attention to the effects of global warming, leading to the melting of the Arctic ice cap. According to scientists, this year the North Pole. may be ice-free for a short period of time for the first time. Pugh, who spent several months preparing in Cape Town, South Africa under the watchful eye of the seven-time world rowing champion, Węgra Roberta Hegedus, he wants to be the first daredevil, who will come by canoe to the pole. – I had to switch from kayaking. That's all, as if Tiger Woods had become Roger Federer in the blink of an eye – he noted a joke in a statement for the BBC. In scheduled for 2-3 the weeks of the journey will be accompanied by a ship with provisions, monitoring its path and ready to take it on board when necessary. Lewis swam long distances in the five largest water bodies in the world. W 2006 R. swam along the Thames. A year later, he covered a kilometer section in the area of the North Pole., what it took him 20 minutes. – On the one hand, I really care about it, to reach the North Pole., to knock out the blinders of world leaders and make them aware of the climate change taking place there.
On the other hand, I know, that if I can, it will mean, that the situation is really bad – he noted in an interview with the BBC. Born in Plymouth (south west of England) w 1969 R., Lewis studied at the universities of Cape Town and Cambridge. He is a lawyer by profession, but his life passion is environmental protection, especially the Arctic, which, according to him, should enjoy the same legal protection against a robbery economy, like Antarctica. Pugh is a goodwill ambassador for the world's largest non-governmental organization that protects the flora and fauna of WWF (World Widelife Fund), and the founder of the Polar Defense Project, lobbying to increase protection of the Arctic and ease tensions between the countries around it.
38-year-old Briton Lewis Gordon Pugh, known for numerous swimming achievements in the most difficult and inaccessible places in the world, went on Saturday in a kayak from the Norwegian island of Svalbard across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole – reports the BBC. The goal of long on 1,2 thousand. Km. of the expedition is to pay attention to the effects of global warming, leading to the melting of the Arctic ice cap. According to scientists, this year the North Pole. may be ice-free for a short period of time for the first time. Pugh, who spent several months preparing in Cape Town, South Africa under the watchful eye of the seven-time world rowing champion, Węgra Roberta Hegedus, he wants to be the first daredevil, who will come by canoe to the pole. – I had to switch from kayaking. That's all, as if Tiger Woods had become Roger Federer in the blink of an eye – he noted a joke in a statement for the BBC. In scheduled for 2-3 the weeks of the journey will be accompanied by a ship with provisions, monitoring its path and ready to take it on board when necessary. Lewis swam long distances in the five largest water bodies in the world. W 2006 R. swam along the Thames. A year later, he covered a kilometer section in the area of the North Pole., what it took him 20 minutes. – On the one hand, I really care about it, to reach the North Pole., to knock out the blinders of world leaders and make them aware of the climate change taking place there. 
