An international ice swimming team who trained in a British lake have won a bucket-fall of medals at the world championships. The New Zealand team, known as The Frozen Ferns, prepared for the ...

A woman representing Great Britain at the Ice Swimming World Championship said her "mental strength was challenged" as she ...

Taking cold showers, sitting in ice baths, and plunging into freezing lakes have paid off for Northland’s extreme ice swimmer ...

The 20-year-old recently returned from the International Ice Swimming Association’s sixth World Championships in Italy with a ...

"I soon realised I wanted to be the first disabled person to swim the Ice Mile, which is a five mile ... He also plans to take part in an Arctic ski challenge later in the year.

Over 20 degrees separate the freezing waters of Molveno, Italy, where Pretoria swimmer Reino von Wielligh has been competing, and the much warmer KwaZulu-Natal dam.

Frozen Ferns Water at the competition in Italy (pictured) had to be less than 5C (41F) to be considered an ice water swim The team chose ... a mental and physical challenge, adding: "It was ...

Von Wielligh recently represented South Africa at the sixth Ice Swimming World ... far more forgiving, the challenge ahead remains formidable, with Von Wielligh due to swim eight miles on 6 ...