Winter Ice Swimming Festival in St.Petersburg,Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ice swimming is becoming a popular activity in cold Russia during the winter months when the country’s thousands of lakes freeze over and are covered with a thick layer of ice.Cutting a hole in the ice on a frozen lake and swimming in the freezing water sounds mad, but more and more Russians go ice swimming in the winter. Pictured: January 29,2011.St.Petersburg,Russia. A participant of the ice swimming festival heading to hole inthe ice in Victory Park ; air temperature is minus 18°C (Celsius)or -0.4°F (Fahrenheit). City >>> St. Petersburg >>> Country >>> Russia >>> Category >>> People & Lifestyle >>> Leisure & Hobbies >>> |
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