Bathers brave the cold to swim in Parliament Lido in north London, Britain. [Photo: VCG]

Viktor Korytin, deputy chairman of Vladivostok's Morzh winter swimming club, swims in an ice hole in Vladivostok, Russia. [Photo: VCG]

Photo shows a senior citizen swimming in Shichahai Lake in Beijing, China. [Photo: VCG]

Member of the hardening club "Spectrum" and cold swimming federation "Polar Dolphins" swims in the ice hole after the New Year's race in Ded Moroz costumes in Novosibirsk, Russia. [Photo: VCG]

Gustav Meierl and his brother Waldemar Meierl (bathing cap) swim in a lake near Biebesheim am Rhein in minus 2 degrees Celcius air temperature in Biebesheim, Germany. [Photo: VCG]