Swimmers brave the cold weather for Christmas swim
483 views · Published 30 December 2018 · 1:10 · Indexed 9 October 2026
Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(25 Dec 2018) A group of intrepid swimmers in Santa's hats on Tuesday braved freezing temperatures as they took a dip in Berlin's Oranke lake to welcome Christmas day. Water temperatures of 4 degrees Celcius (39.2 Fahrenheit) did not stop the Berlin Sealions Club from their annual polar plunge. "No matter if the sun's shining, or if it's raining or snowing, or whether we have ice here - it doesn't matter to us, we go into the water anyway," said Berlin Sealions Club member Boris Paunov. After her first splash, Sealion Silvia Koschwitz went back into the water a second time. "No frost, no snow, no ice - I go right back in again," Koschwitz said. The outside temperature on Tuesday was estimated to 3 degrees C (37.4 F). Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/65a9fc1d2d82ace69c9d61d15c661089
