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Extreme swimming to help the ocean
Lewis Pugh is the United Nations' Patron of the Oceans. He explains why he's attempting a one-kilometre swim in near-freezing waters off the British territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich islands.
(Image: Explorer Lewis Pugh kayaks in the River Thames. Credit: Getty Images)
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