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

In the “big” city of Žilina, tucked inside the “tiny” country of Slovakia, BYU swimmer Emma Marusakova first dipped into the ...

We traveled to Prokopyevsk, a small town in the Kemerovo (Kuzbass) region of Siberia, Russia, to explore life in early 2025.

Members of a local winter swimming club braved almost -22°F air temperatures on Sunday (November 23) in Sakha, also known as Yakutia, one of world's coldest regions. Those who swim in the cold water ...

Ukraine said Wednesday it had assassinated a Russian officer responsible for war crimes, targeting him with a car bomb inside Russia. Veniamin Mazzherin, who died at the weekend, was the deputy ...

A quarter century ago, Siberia, the infamous bar run by Tracy Westmoreland, stood as a quintessential Big Apple dive. Known for its hard drinks, cold beer and environs he once lovingly described as an ...

A family of four walked into a bar. The kids—boys, aged ten and thirteen—requested Shirley Temples. “Only two problems,” the bartender replied. “We don’t have grenadine, and we don’t have Sprite.” ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

On the remote Yamal and Gydan peninsulas of western Siberia, the landscape is marked by massive craters that look as though the Earth has blown holes in itself. While the origin story of these ...

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More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of qualified swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning. The Chicago River Swim marked the return of competitive open-water swimming in the river in nearly a ...