A Passion For The Ice By Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova Courtesy of Nuala Moore. To date, 483 swimmers from 38 countries have completed 330 Ice Miles - and hundreds more have competed in Ice Kilometers in many ice swimming events around the world. With an increasing number of ice swimmers doing increasingly colder and more extreme efforts around the world, the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In Krasnoyarsk, Russia, concurrent to the International Ice Swimming Association's Russian 1000m Championships, the First Conference on the Scientific Understanding of the Human Body and Its Adaptations to Ice and Winter Swimming was held. "What we have achieved in the ice is subject to so much
Who Will Usher In The New Year? Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back on January 1st this year, the following swimmers helped usher in the New Year: 2014 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Henri Kaarma of Estonia [shown above]. 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova of Russia [shown above]. 2014
Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova, 2014 World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Arguably, she has helped drive the knowledge base of the cold water swimming community more than any other individual in recent times. Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova, arguably the world's leading medical expert in ice swimming, was voted by
Photo of Dr. Irina Zhidkova [on left] with Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova [on right] strategizing onboard the Russian hospital ship Irtysh en route to Alaska during the 6-day Bering Strait Swim. Photo courtesy of Nuala Moore . Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova is one of the world's leading researchers and physicians when it comes to ice swimming. With the help of her willing subjects who are constantly pushing themselves in frigid water temperatures, Dr. Fatyanova is exploring and adding to her knowledge about the physiological boundaries
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Never in the history of open water swimming have a group of medical professionals ever been so vital to the mission than the doctors and nurses of the Bering Strait Swim. The Bering Strait Swim was honored for its 6-day relay crossing from Russia to Alaska. The 121-member team included the renowned Dr.
Under the leadership of Chief Organiser Oleg Dokuchaev together with Nikolay Khitrik, Lurii Melnikov, Sergei Chernukhin, Dmitrii Timofeev and Doctors Nataliya Fatyanova, Irina Zhidkova and Carlos Eduardo Reges, the 66 swimmers on the Bering Strait Swim were well-attended to. The staff and equipment of the mother ship used in 53-mile (86 km) stage relay was
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yrjö-Koskinen Mariia of Finland loves the cold water; the colder, the better. The whiter the conditions are, the wider her smile becomes. "You feel so wonderful in the water and even better when you get out with all the endorphins," explains the chairperson of the International Winter Swimming Association
