Winter swimming at the temperature of approx. minus 20°C after swimming in the Verkh-Isetsky Pond in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

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Winter swimmer Konstantin swims in an ice hole at the temperature of approximately minus 20°C in the Verkh-Isetsky Pond in Yekaterinburg, Russia. 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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