Winter swimming at the temperature of approx. minus 20°C after swimming in the Verkh-Isetsky Pond in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
A female winter swimmer gets out from an ice hole after ice swimming at the temperature of approximately minus 20°C in the Verkh-Isetsky Pond in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The Verkh-lsetsky Metallurgical Plant is seen in the background. Winter swimming is a traditional winter sport in Russia especially in the Urals and Siberia. True Russian winter swimmers are regularly dipped into ice holes throughout the whole winter even in case of extremely low temperature.
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