Category: Winter Swimming
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West Seattle Polar Bear Swim 2015 on Alki Beach: Confirmed!
More people than ever have asked in the past week-plus, “Is the Alki Polar Bear Swim on for New Year’s Day?†Longtime organizer Mark Ufkes has just confirmed, yes, indeed, it is. Can it break last year’s record (~500 swimmers)? Why not! See West Seattle Blog
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Tenby Boxing Day Swim 2014: Hundreds of swimmers battle freezing rain to take the plunge
An estimated 400 hardy swimmers braved a freezing and drizzly morning to take part in the 44th Tenby Boxing Day Swim On the stroke of 11am before a crowd of thousands, the swimmers – many dressed as pirates – braved horrible weather to take a dip on the Pembrokeshire town’s North Beach. Local hotelier Chris…
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I Went Swimming in the Arctic and Survived
I grew up swimming in the warm waters of the Pacific. I hate the cold. Yet when it came time to do a polar dive, I surprised myself by leaping feet-first off a platform into the most freezing water on Earth. I didn’t even blink at the opportunity, but when my body hit the water,…
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Ice swimmer Andrew Ryan goes from Redcliffe to Rovaniemi chasing love
Read The Herald Sun Ryan, 33, a born and raised Queenslander, is based in London where he works as a lawyer for a US firm that buys and markets the digital rights to sporting events. When his Finnish girlfriend Inka Karppinen took him home to meet her family in 2008, she introduced him to the…
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Diving Under The Ice with Zaragoza’s Fire Brigade
Diving under the ice with The Water Rescue Unit of Zaragoza’s Fire Brigade. “Buceadores de la Unidad de Rescate Acuático del Cuerpo de Bomberos del Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza”. Awesome!
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Pier Plunging Craze Hits Faroe Islands
UPDATE: Turns out that this is probably a marketing gimmick by Danish energy drink maker Cult, that ended up here somewhat twisted and without a sender. See for instance mx.dk At the beginning of this Easter holiday, a social fad started spreading here in the Faroes, that had next to everyone and his brother jump…
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Swimming in the icy waters of the Antarctic Ocean
What happens when you jump into freezing water? One of the reasons the ocean’s ‘down south’ are not frozen in Summer, is because the ocean is saline (it contains salt from rocks and minerals) and therefore freeze at a lower temperature than the surrounding fresh water ice blocks, which originally come from gigantic icebergs –…
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Five anglers swim to safety after ice shifts on Lake Winnebago
Read The Northwestern Five men had to swim to safety after the ice they were fishing on broke loose on Lake Winnebago. Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Lake Winnebago near Waukau Road in the town of Black Wolf Thursday shortly before 10:30 a.m. When deputies arrived they found a 58-year-old West Allis man…
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Winter swimming competitor dies
Read Yle An elderly Russian swimmer who participated in the World Winter Swimming Championship in Rovaniemi, northern Finland has passed away. The man competed in the 450-metre endurance race in the 70 – 74-year old age group. The veteran Russian swimmer took ill while competing while competing during the competition’s opening day on March 20.…