In a new BBC documentary, six fearless women take on a huge challenge drawing on their sisterhood, resilience and unbreakable ...

FILE - Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file) (Andres Kudacki ...

Cold water, face scratching otters and dangerous currents didn’t stop Midland resident Carly Nelsen from recently accomplishing an item on her bucket list: the 1.7-mile Alcatraz Swim in San Francisco ...

It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has issued a stark warning to those planning festive open water swims, urging ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

The charity said the effects of cold water shock, combined with weather conditions, pose a risk. | ITV News West Country ...

The Blue Balls are a nomadic group of cold-water swimmers that can be regularly seen taking a dip on beaches all over Cornwall - recognisable thanks to their bright, blue swim shorts and trunks.

If you’re keen to keep swimming through winter but haven’t done so before, there are a few things you’ll need to get – namely, cold water swimming gear. Here, we’ve rounded up some of the best cold ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...

Mark Harper, MD, PhD, recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...