Elina Makinen, a 28-year-old TikTok user from Finland, has grown her 1.4 million follower fanbase on the platform by simply channeling her inner ice queen. Makinen is big proponent of swimming in ...

TikToker Elina Makinen said ice swimming is a "common" activity in Finland, her home country. She believes the activity is good for her health and makes her feel "energized." But the tax advisor ...

It was the bargain he'd made with the winter swimmers he photographed for his surreal series Avanto: After shooting, he'd join them. So he stepped in. "My heart stopped," Lahdesmaki says. "I felt like ...

Heinola, Finland — French freediver Arthur Guerin-Boeri set a record on Thursday by swimming 394 feet under ice. He did it in three minutes with just one breath, wearing a wetsuit but no flippers or ...

On a late autumn day, I watched a four-year-old Finnish girl walk toward a hole in the solid ice surface of a freezing lake. The sky was gray, twilight was already approaching at 3:45 pm, and the ...