A British-South African endurance swimmer has crossed the finish line of a roughly 60-mile swim around Martha’s Vineyard.

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is braving a great white shark hotspot on the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws to highlight the importance of protecting the species. Pugh, from Plymouth, Devon, began his 60-mile (901km) 12-day swim around Martha's Vineyard,

Lewis Pugh swims in great whites ‘hotspot’ for shark protection as Jaws turns 50 - The British endurance swimmer says ‘I’m frightened of sharks but I’m really frightened of a world without sharks’ ahead of his latest swim.

British-South African swimmer Lewis Pugh was the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of the world — and has taken on extreme conditions everywhere from Mount Everest to ...

Lewis Pugh has followed an unspoken rule during his career as one of the world’s most daring endurance swimmers: Don’t talk about sharks. But he plans to break that this week on a swim around ...

Main information Lewis Pugh intends to swim 62 miles around Martha’s Vineyard.The event takes place on the 50th anniversary of the film "Jaws".The aim is to change the perception of sharks as "cold-blooded killers".