ICE Hall of Fame - Honoree
Lewis Pugh(55)
England
Swimmer Honoree 2019
1.2KM - 2006 NIGARDS GLACIER LAKE, NORWAY: 0°C 23 mins 50 sec
1 KM
2005 MAGDALENEFJORD, SPITSBERGEN, NORWEGIAN ARCTIC 79°N: 3°C 21 mins 30 secs
2005 VERLEGENHUKEN, SPITSBERGEN, NORWEGIAN ARCTIC 80°N: 3C 20 mins 30 secs
2005 PETERMANN ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: 0°C 18 mins 00 sec
2007 NORTH POLE: minus 1.7°C 18 mins 50 secs
2010 LAKE PUMORI, KHUMBU GLACIER, MOUNT EVEREST 2°C 22 min 51 sec
2016 HALF MOON ISLAND, BELLINGSHAUSEN SEA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA 62°S: 0°C: 17 min, 18 sec
2017 EDGE OF ARCTIC SEA ICE at 80°22’N, NORWEGIAN ARCTIC: 0.5°C 21 mins 29 secs
2017 GRYTVIKEN, SOUTH GEORGIA, SOUTHERN OCEAN, 2.7°C to 3.6°C 19 min 01 secs
330M – 2017 ROSS ICE SHELF at 78°33’S BAY OF WHALES, ANTARCTICA: 1.7°C (air ‐11C with wind chill ‐37°C) 5 min.
ICY SWIMS
2003 NORTH CAPE, NORWAY: 8°C (5 km) 1 hour 4 mins
2016 CAPE HORN, CHILE 56°S: 7°C (1 km) 18 min 22 sec
Other Considerations:
Lewis has a decade long record of major, positive media attention as an ocean advocate practicing “speedo diplomacy”:
Ted talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HALd9FY5‐VQ 2013 International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
2013 United Nations Patron of the Oceans