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Ultimately I wanted to be a pioneer swimmer, a distant descendant of Scott, Amundsen and Hillary, except that I would be an explorer of the water.

— Lewis Pugh Achieving The Impossible (2010)

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There’s nothing more chilling than swimming across open sea, where recently there used to be a solid glacier.

Four-point-two kilometres is a long way for a frozen body to sink.

Achieving The Impossible (2010)

There is nothing more powerful than the made-up mind.

Marine Protected Areas are good for the world economy, for the health of the oceans, for every person living on this planet.

Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most, define us.

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