Category: Winter Swimming
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Arctic Ice Swimming
Currently the air temperatures in Vardø range from -15 to -5 Celcius, with the regular gale force winds it often adds up to a wind chill factor of -25. The sea holds about +1 Celcius. I start most days with a dip in the harbour. Rather refreshing!Other then that it has been another busy couple…
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Ice Swimming World Championships Highlights 2019
Highlights of Day 2 (1000meters in zero degree water) at the International Ice Swimming World Championships in the Arctic, Murmansk, Russia.
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Interview with Men’s 1000m Ice Swimming Champion – Petar Stoychev
Post race interview with Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) after winning the 1000m ice swimming World Championships in the Arctic – Murmansk, Russia. Winning time 12mins 10 sec. water temperature 0 degrees.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.