No matter the strength of a plastic or metal pipe, freezing water expansion creates a tremendous amount of pressure that can ...

Tipton and Harper both said that any benefits from cold-water immersion come from the body’s cold-shock response: the sudden ...

At the break of dawn, a group of swimmers step into a quiet lake, scanning the open horizon. There are no lane lines, no black lines on the bottom of the pool. Simply the water, wind, and the unknown.

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Revelers enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, file) (AP) — Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim ...

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a ...