The Siberia You've Never Seen Before
TOP: Vladimir Shcherba, 53, a fan of winter swimming, dipping to the Yenisei River at air temperature some minus 23 degrees, in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Dec. 30, 2014.
BELOW: A member of the Cryophil winter swimming club walking for bathing at an air temperature of around 25 degrees and at a water temperature of around 8 degrees near the same location, Aug. 5, 2015.
BELOW: A member of the Cryophil winter swimming club walking for bathing at an air temperature of around 25 degrees and at a water temperature of around 8 degrees near the same location, Aug. 5, 2015.
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TOP: Trotters competing in a harness race on the frozen Yenisei River during the 45th Ice Derby amateur horse race near the settlement of Novosyolovo, south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 14, 2015.
BELOW: A boy sailing his single-handed sailing dinghy near the same location, Aug. 19, 2015.
BELOW: A boy sailing his single-handed sailing dinghy near the same location, Aug. 19, 2015.
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TOP: Riders competing on the frozen Yenisei River during the 45th Ice Derby amateur horse race, near the settlement of Novosyolovo, south of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 14, 2015.
BELOW: A boy sailing his single-handed sailing dinghy near the same location, Aug. 19, 2015.
BELOW: A boy sailing his single-handed sailing dinghy near the same location, Aug. 19, 2015.
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TOP: A woman enjoying the sun on the bank of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about 13 degrees, in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 6, 2015.
BELOW: Members of a local dancing group practicing Float Board Yoga in the same location, Aug. 12, 2015.
BELOW: Members of a local dancing group practicing Float Board Yoga in the same location, Aug. 12, 2015.
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TOP: Kite boarders and kite skiers competing during an annual amateur regional snow kiting championship on the frozen Yenisei River in the Taiga district outside Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 15, 2015.
BELOW: Yachtsmen competing during the first race of the Finn Dinghy Cup of Russia near the same location, Aug. 7, 2015.
BELOW: Yachtsmen competing during the first race of the Finn Dinghy Cup of Russia near the same location, Aug. 7, 2015.
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TOP: Yulia Borisova, a rescuer, taking part in a rock climbing evacuation training session on the Tsarskie Vorota (Tsar Gate) rock on the bank of the frozen Biryusa Bay of the Yenisei River near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, March 3, 2015.
BELOW: A man fishing from a sailboat near the same location, Aug. 10, 2015.
BELOW: A man fishing from a sailboat near the same location, Aug. 10, 2015.
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TOP: Vladimir Korabelnikov, head of a local orphanage and a member of local winter swimming club, warming up on the bank of the Yenisei River ahead of his weekly bathing session, with the air temperature at about minus 20 degrees, in the town of Divnogorsk near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Feb. 20, 2015.
BELOW: Two young men riding their BMX bicycles near the same location, with the air temperature at about 26 degrees, July 29, 2015.
BELOW: Two young men riding their BMX bicycles near the same location, with the air temperature at about 26 degrees, July 29, 2015.
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