Russian Thrill-Seekers Frolic in Frigid Siberian Water

Ivan Abrosimov, 78, a member of a local winter swimming club, rolls around in snow before bathing in the Yenisei River in sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Nov. 23, 2014.



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Nikolai Smetannikov, a member of a local winter swimming club, rubs himself with snow before bathing in the Yenisei River in sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Ivan Abrosimov, 78, a member of a local winter swimming club, sits on a bench after bathing in the Yenisei River in sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Ivan Abrosimov, 78, a member of a local winter swimming club, does push-ups in the waters of the Yenisei River in sub-zero temperatures in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Vladimir Usenkov, a coastal sailor, clears snow at the Krasnoyarsk Machine Building Plant in a gulf of the Yenisei River outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Nov. 25, 2014, with the air temperature around minus 25 degrees Celsius.

Alexei Mikhailichenko, a member of the "Cryophil" winter swimming club, swims along the Yenisei River ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations, with the air temperature at around minus 8 degrees Celsius, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Dec. 28, 2014.

Members of the "Cryophil" winter swimming club walk along the Yenisei River ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations, with the air temperature at around minus 8 degrees Celsius, outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Young people take a photo in a wave crashing on a pier in the Russian Black Sea coastal town of Anapa.