The United States’ hopes for extending its long Olympic medal streak in the men’s 200-meter backstroke rest on the shoulders of an ice swimmer. Keaton Jones, a 19-year-old Olympic rookie, is the last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A frigid swim is set to take place at Tony Schmidt Regional Park in Arden Hills this weekend. The inaugural MN Ice Swim, a ...

Kate Steels, 53, shares the powerful, heartbreaking reason she faces the cold. My two childhood dreams were to swim the English channel and travel to Antarctica, so my love for ice swimming makes ...

In just a few short months, organizers of an ice swimming competition pulled together an event that brought together a hundred swimmers from all over the world. They competed on Saturday in an ...

Claire Bustin, Michelle Leach, Amy Mellor and Adam Boon (left to right) have been competing in Finland, supported by Adam's son (rear) Four ice swimmers from Northamptonshire are competing for the ...

Plunge into water at near-freezing temperatures, and your body goes into extreme distress. Your skin screams signals of pain. You can't breathe, because your chest is cramping up. Talking is nearly ...

Claire Ryan completed the feat beneath a frozen Finnish lake wearing only a swimsuit, holding her breath for two minutes and 13 seconds ...

NEWPORT, Vt. — Plunging into a frozen lake and swimming laps may not be everyone's good time but for winter swimmers who return year after year to a northern Vermont lake near the Canadian border, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...