As recent deaths have proved, plunging into the sea at this time of year can be dangerous. I follow six crucial rules to stay ...

Lovers of winter swimming in costumes take a "bath" this month in the frigid Baltic Sea in Gdansk, Poland. Photo by Sergei Gapon Cold plunges, ice baths, polar plunges, Viking swimming...whatever the ...

On January 11, the 2026 Dalian Winter Swimming Open & Carnival, themed 'Winter Swimming, Forward and Winning', kicked off at Xinghai Bay Bathing Beach in Dalian, Liaoning Province. Nearly two thousand ...

It’s the middle of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and while it might not feel like the season for jumping in the water, more and more people are finding an icy plunge invigorating. William ...

Jeff Rubin of Madison once swam in Antarctica. He was a tour guide on a ship with a Russian doctor who swam regularly so Rubin joined him one day. The water temperature was 29 degrees. “It’s not ...