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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? GuestsJessea Lu, Female freediver Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of Oceans Highlights:03:16 Jessea Lu walks through her Antarctica Diving Experience06:36 Jessea Lu takes the experience back to China to promote Antarctica conservation08:58 How Lewis Pugh decided to use athletic diplomacy to preserve Southern Ocean12:10 Lewis Pugh harrowing experience swimming through ice tunnel in East Antarctica13:36 Why marine protected areas are needed to protect the animals of AntarcticaFurther Reading and ListeningWebinar: Protecting Antarctica in the Postponed "Super Year of Natur