Category: Winter Swimming
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The Power Within Us – Kiki Bosch
This past June, the Beautiful Destinations team ventured to Iceland and met up with the inspirational Kiki Bosch. We followed her through the frozen waters of the Glacier Lagoon, capturing her emotions, and learning the importance of determination. She openly and courageously discussed past trauma and how she learned to reconnect with herself through free…
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Ian Haworth: ECD & Cold Water Swimmer | Creative Pursuits
Introducing Creative Pursuits, The Drum’s new video series uncovering the weird and wonderful hobbies undertaken by the industry’s marketing matter. First up is Wunderman executive creative director Ian Haworth, who rises with the lark six days a week to swim in Hyde Park’s Serpentine lake. Haworth, rather inexplicably, “can’t get enough of the feeling of…
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Alaska Iceberg Swimmer
Alaska Airlines employee swims with polar bears! https://youtu.be/Q6xcchia_VA
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Aussies celebrate Antarctic midwinter with an icy dip
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, in the southern hemisphere. And in Antarctica, 15 Australian expeditioners at Davis station are celebrating with an icy dip in freezing waters, a now traditional midwinter swim. The air temperature is hovering at -33.5°C and the water temperature about -1.8°C. See Business Insider
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Swimming In The Snow In Wöhrsee
Video showcases many stars from the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Wöhrsee, see The Daily News of Open Water Swimming
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These Ice Swimmers Battle Frozen Death with Every Stroke | That’s Amazing
High in the mountains of southern Africa, 15 swimmers compete in one of the most extreme—and chilling—races on earth. With no wet suits or protection, they swim one kilometer in water that is cold enough to kill them. For these athletes, it’s not just a battle to the finish, every stroke is a battle to…
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Short film about the world’s best under ice freediver is breathtaking
In this short biopic about Norblad by British director and photographer Ian Derry for Nowness, Norblad talks about how she came across the sport after a horrific bike accident and tried cold water treatment to make sure she didn’t lose her fractured leg. See GrindTV
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Ice swimming Rovaniemi 2016 March
First time ice-swimming (actually just a quick dip) https://youtu.be/apPBS0IE740