Today, only 87 swimmers from 17 countries have successfully completed an ice swim—locations include sites in Norway, Alaska, Sweden, and the U.S. (Boston Harbor) in the middle of winter.

Home Nature was designed by Munkh-Erdene Tsagaan and Uugantsetseg is one of the amazing ice sculptures at this year's Icehotel in Sweden. The frozen artwork highlights the importance of protecting ...

The building is part art gallery and part hotel but entirely ice and snow. One of the artistic creations includes a scene of people and seals swimming through icy waters or sitting along the rocky ...

As the chill of winter sets in, construction teams in Sweden take up the annual task of rebuilding a hotel made entirely of snow and ice. The Icehotel sits 125 miles north of the Arctic Circle in ...

A woman from northern Sweden has beaten the world female ice swimming record by three minutes, according to Radio Sweden. During the approximately one-mile swim, Anna-Carin Nordin's body ...

The authors point out that swimmers participating in these studies varied from elite swimmers or established winter bathers to those with no previous ice swimming experience.

Ice swimming is an extreme sport growing in popularity and which severely tests athletes physically and mentally in brutal conditions.

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The International Ice Swimming Association, organized in 2009 to make ice swimming an official sport, describes the “Ice Mile” as the sport’s “ultimate achievement.” Fellman hopes to ...

It’s undoubtedly one of the coolest hotels in the world, and Sweden’s ICEHOTEL has just launched its 32nd incarnation with a touch of royal magic.