I am thrilled that trans women are allowed to swim in Hampstead ladies’ pond - COMMENT: The essence of the north London bathing area is inclusivity, says Olivia Petter ...

Regular readers will know by now that I'm a cold water swimming convert. Show the slightest interest in an icy dip, and I'll yap on at you for hours about my favourite waterfall, river and reservoir ...

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 ...

Suzy Rook is preparing to travel to swim in the Arctic and is training by going for cold water dips in Dumfries and Galloway.

Burned out from corporate life, writer Laura Hall took a plunge into the world of cold-water swimming – here’s what she learned from a year in the Nordic seas ...

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 ...

If you live near a body of water in the northern latitudes, you likely have heard of your local polar bear club — usually made up of a group of hearty swimmers who take part in cold water swimming.

Canda-Leigh Habonimana takes a dip in the waters of Gatineau Park’s Meech Lake in Chelsea, Quebec, during a polar bear plunge on New Year’s Day. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press files) Dr. Mark Harper ...

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 ...