Courtesy of Nuala Moore from inside the Arctic Circle.

At the inaugural World Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk, Russia, Vasily Mosin from the Pingvin club Ivanovo in Russia did a 12.02 in the 25m freestyle, a 26.31 in the 50m freestyle, a 17.09 in the 25m breaststroke and a 41.71 in the 50m breaststroke.

The unclothed Russian ice swimmer was congratulated with his colleague Shelley Taylor-Smith of Australia.

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