There is a growing body of research on the physical benefits of going for a dip in chilly water, but now researchers are ...

In just a few short months, organizers of an ice swimming competition pulled together an event that brought together a hundred swimmers from all over the world. They competed on Saturday in an ...

Watching the Baltimore Ravens play the Tennessee Titans in an NFL game in London recently in temperatures close to freezing, fans in the stadium must have felt cold, but the players must have felt ...

People from the group Diptribe, who swim at South Cerney in Gloucestershire, have been waiting for temperatures to go below ...

People run into the freezing North Sea as part of the traditional New Year's day swim in coastal Scheveningen district of The Hague, Netherlands. Call it “Viking swimming,” “freezing plunges,” "polar ...

Plunge into water at near-freezing temperatures, and your body goes into extreme distress. Your skin screams signals of pain. You can't breathe, because your chest is cramping up. Talking is nearly ...

Qing Li always wanted to compete in the Olympics. The 35-year-old grew up surrounded by swimming greats and even got to meet a few Olympic swimmers before she turned 10. From a young age, Li competed ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --A Polish city announced it broke a world record when nearly 200 people took turns immersing themselves in a small pool filled with water and ice. The City of Międzyzdroje did not ...

Few sights feel sweeter than a baby seal meeting water for the first time. In one widely shared Instagram reel, a fuzzy, fat ...