Russian winter swimmers welcome 2019

VCG Published: 2018-12-31 14:25:31
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Ivan Abrosimov, an 82-year-old winter swimmer who dove into the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk as the temperature dipped to about minus 26 degrees Celsius (minus 14.8 degrees Fahrenheit). A man dressed as Ded Moroz, the Russian equivalent of Santa Claus, congratulated him after he returned to shore. [Photo: VCG/Ilya Naymushin]

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