Category: Winter Swimming

As winter arrived in Yakutia, we thought we should at least try once swimming in the frozen river. One of our friends who does this on a regular basis offered to take us to the hole they dug in the river for us to experience ice swimming.

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We try out 30 days of cold therapy to see how it affects our life, mood and mental health. Watch and see how we get on.

The first cold wave in 2021 hit Beijing on Wednesday. The highest temperature dropped to minus 17℃, with a wind level of 8 to 9. Some winter swimming fans smashed the ice on a frozen lake in Shichahai, a historic spot in downtown Beijing. An elderly winter swimming fan, nearly 70, has maintained this habit…

A group of elderly swimmers jump into Beijing’s freezing waters as the mercury dips to minus 11 degrees centigrade just past midday, ahead of the coldest lows in three decades expected Wednesday night.

Each year, on the first of January, thousends of Dutchies make their way to the beach at Scheveningen to dive into a freezing ocean. The first Scheveningen Nieuwjaarsduik took place in 1965 and the event is sponsored by smoked sausage maker Unox, which provides all the swimmers with an orange hat. The main swim has…

Swimmers around China plunged into freezing water to welcome 2021 on the New Year’s Day. January 1, 2021 also marks the 25th national winter swimming day in China.

Well, that’s one way to celebrate the New Year! Dozens of swimmers raced into the freezing waters for an unofficial Polar Bear Plunge in Coney Island, New York City. Usually attended by hundreds, this year’s edition was canceled due to the COVID pandemic.