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Jul 2023
22m 53s

Lewis Pugh: Pushing the limits of the hu...

Bbc World Service
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Stephen Sackur speaks to the master of extreme swimming Lewis Pugh. From the North Pole to Antarctica, his death-defying swims are designed to focus attention on the damaging impact of climate change on our blue planet. Is this a form of activism that works?

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