Category: Winter Swimming
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Female Ice Swimming 1000m World Championships (with violin music)
Murmansk, Arctic, Russia. 1000m Female – Heat 5. Wonderful atmosphere at the World Championships. Watch this video on YouTube
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Going for a ice Swim in Russia
A few days before the International Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk, the international competitors go along to a local ice swim club to acclimatize before the swim competition. Walrus House Ice Swim Club, Lake Semenovskoe, Murmansk, Russia. Watch this video on YouTube
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Well Preserved | The Morning Swimmers of Sandagerði
There is no better way to start the day than an early morning sea swim. It’s physical, mental, spiritual, communal – all wrapped up in a simple dip in the sea. A group of women, who call themselves the ‘Morning Swimmers of Sandagerði’, brave the icy waters of the North Atlantic, along the coastline of…
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Residents take a swim in icy Connecticut River water to raise money for charity
Residents take a swim in icy Connecticut River water to raise money for charity Watch this video on YouTube
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Olcott Polar Bear Swim
Hundreds take a swim to raise money for blindness Watch this video on YouTube
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Swimmers dive right in for Polar Plunge activities
After weather held off yesterday’s Polar Plunge activities… plungers are diving into today’s events. Watch this video on YouTube
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Free diver attempts world record to tackle stigmas around mental health
An icy lake in Finland is set to be the stage for a South African free diver’s daring attempt to beat a Guinness World Record – all to raise awareness for the plight of those suffering from mental illness. Amber Fillary, who has already broken a number of national records for static and dynamic free…
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Sven Elfferich Sets Ice Kilometer World Record In Austria
17-year-old Sven Elfferich from the Netherlands set a new world record in the Ice Kilometer in 3.6°C water in Altenwörth, Austria in 11 minutes 55.40 seconds. His incredible swim broke the existing world record of 4-time Bulgarian Olympian Petar Stoychev of 12 minutes 15.87 seconds. Read The Daily News of Open Water Swimming Watch this video on YouTube
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Freediving under the ice of Georgian Bay
When Geoff Coombs crunches across the frozen surface of Georgian Bay, near Tobermory, Ont., he’s toting not just an auger and an axe, but a snorkel, a pair of 74-centimetre-long carbon fins and a single-minded desire: to dive under the ice. Watch this video on YouTube