Winter-swimming Scandinavian men can teach us how the body adapts to extreme heat and cold

ScienceDaily
Oct 11, 2021, 11:08 am141 pts
The Scandinavian winter swimming culture combines brief dips in cold water with hot sauna sessions -- and now, a study of young men who participate regularly in these polar plunges finds that winter swimming may allow the body to adapt to extreme temperatures. The findings suggest that routinely alternating…

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