As the sun sets on Fredericton's Killarney Lake, a few kids playing hockey take their last few shots at the net and Jenny Spinney wades into a hole in the ice in her bathing suit. Despite the ice ...

It's hard to beat a hot summer day in Newfoundland and Labrador. When the sun is splitting the rocks, an outdoor swim has to be one of life's greatest pleasures. George's Pond on Signal Hill in St.

Combining an icy water plunge with a hot sauna is growing more popular. (Kati Turtola/Yle) People of all ages have traditionally engaged in winter swimming – especially in Finland – but regulars have ...

Jenny Morber is a science writer. In winter my home in the Pacific Northwest is wrought in a palette of green and grey. Low clouds leak decay into stumps, stems and windowsills, and life into moss, ...

A Tallinn winter swim club opened their season Sunday with a bracing dip that, as participants joked, helped clear their heads for Election Day. The water was a brisk 10 degrees Celsius — mild by ...