Siberian Locals Welcome Winter by Swimming in Frozen Lake

While in many parts of the world, winter is brought on by light festivals and spiced warm drinks, ice-swimming enthusiasts from the Siberian city of Omsk welcomed winter with a different kind of tradition - cutting a pool into a frozen lake and taking a dip as a community.

It sounds insane but look, everyone’s having a great time.

Yair Ben-Dor has more.