As the winter season comes to an end, people in Poland, Russia, Germany, and China decide to go for a dip in icy lakes.
Poland
Ice swimmers enjoy a bath in the cold water of the Zegrzynski lake in Nieporet near Warsaw, Poland on Sunday, March 17, 2013.
Image by Alik Keplicz / AP
The temperature was 32 Fahrenheit.
Image by Alik Keplicz / AP
Two-thumbs up!
Image by Alik Keplicz / AP
Russia
A Russian man swims in the icy water during an ice swimmer's festivity in St.Petersburg, on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. The temperature in St. Petersburg was around 27 Fahrenheit.
Image by Dmitry Lovetsky / AP