Category: Winter Swimming

The Patriarch of Constantinople celebrates the Epiphany Mass before blessing the waters of the Golden Horn with a cross that young Greek Orthodox Christians recovered by diving into the icy water. The winner this year is Mihalis Vosnakiris. Watch this video on YouTube Watch this video on YouTube

Bakersfield College swim team hosts a polar plunge to raise money for new swim equipment and uniforms. Watch this video on YouTube

Seasoned Winter Swimmer Colin Hill provides some top tips on outdoor cold water swimming. Watch this video on YouTube

By the standards of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, it was practically a day at the beach for participants in the 115th annual New Year’s Day dip in the ocean off New York City. Watch this video on YouTube

The waters in Vancouver’s English Bay can be as cold as 3 C on Jan. 1, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of people from getting into the water to mark the new year. On Tuesday, the Vancouver Park Board will host the 99th edition of its Polar Bear Swim. The first was held in 1920, when around…

An Irkutsk team of ice swimmers marked the start of 2019 by jogging and enjoying a freezing cold dip in Lake Baikal, Tuesday. https://youtu.be/CtItXaeF1xQ

Swimmers in Italy and the Netherlands have braved a New Year’s Day dip to welcome in 2019. . Report by Sarah Harper. Watch this video on YouTube

Thousands of people throw themselves into the icy waters of the North Sea in Schevingen, a seaside district of The Hague, the Netherlands, singing and dancing to celebrate the New Year, as tradition has it for several decades. Watch this video on YouTube

A group of intrepid swimmers in Santa’s hats on Tuesday (25 DEC. 2018) braved freezing temperatures as they took a dip in Berlin’s Oranke lake to welcome Christmas day. Water temperatures of 4 degrees Celcius (39.2 Fahrenheit) did not stop the Berlin Sealions Club from their annual polar plunge. Watch this video on YouTube