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- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of all the creatures in the world that really frighten me - the hyena in Africa, the great white shark - leopard seals are near the top of the list. They're killers. If my team spots one, they'll pull me out of the water.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the cold, all the blood rushes to your core to protect your heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and brain. When you leave the water, the blood rushes back to your arms and legs, absorbs that freezing cold, and brings it back to the heart.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been on swims where people have freaked out about sharks. You have to think about something else, otherwise it will absolutely paralyze you. I do math problems, anything.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
The swim at Deception Island was by far the hardest swim I've ever done. Antarctica is a very unforgiving environment. If you don't train properly, you'll die.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain has bred many great explorers, but they seem to get so little coverage compared to soccer and rugby players.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not to be too grandiose about it, but in a way I see myself like Sir Edmund Hillary. The water was my Everest.
- Ice
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- Nov 07, 2020
On 15 July 2007, I swam across an open patch of sea at the North Pole to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Climate change is the Everest of all problems, the thorniest challenge facing humankind.
- Decreasing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was born, the world's population was 3.5 billion. There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. By 2050, that's expected to rise to 9.4 billion. What's more, the Earth's resources aren't growing; they're decreasing - and rapidly.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally I don't race other people; I challenge the environment and my own limitations.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
The days of exploration of Shackleton and Scott are long gone. Everything has been climbed, crossed, done. Now what we're exploring are the full boundaries of human endeavour. It's not physical - it's all in the head.
- Planet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Swimming has been a very effective medium for telling a story about the state of our planet.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
The human body is not designed for swimming in minus 1.7 degree centigrade water.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just never, ever want to give up. Most battles are won in the 11th hour, and most people give up. If you give up once, it's quite hard. If you give up a second time, it's a little bit easier. Give up a third time, it's starting to become a habit.
- Climate Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The problem with climate change is that it's quite complicated for the ordinary person to understand.
- Most Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020