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Guest host Jennifer Turner, Director of the China Environment Forum for the Woodrow Wilson Center, talks with UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh and renowned freediver JesSea Lu about why they chose to plunge themselves into the frozen seas off Antarctica. How are they using this amazing feat as a platform with CCAMLR members China and Russia to advocate for preserving one of the last undisturbed regions on earth?
Guests
Jessea Lu, Female freediver
Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of Oceans
Highlights:
03:16 Jessea Lu walks through her Antarctica Diving Experience
06:36 Jessea Lu takes the experience back to China to promote Antarctica conservation
08:58 How Lewis Pugh decided to use athletic diplomacy to preserve Southern Ocean
12:10 Lewis Pugh harrowing experience swimming through ice tunnel in East Antarctica
13:36 Why marine protected areas are needed to protect the animals of Antarctica
Further Reading and Listening
Production credits:
Producer and Host: Marcy Trent Long
Head Writer: Chermaine Lee
Associate producer: Stella Chan
Sound Engineer: Chris Wood
Intro/outro music: Alex Mauboussin
Jessea Lu video credit to HarborHouseLife and www.JesseaDiving.com
Lewis Pugh video credit Lewis Pugh Foundation
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