In Finland, during winter, we enjoy making wide openings into an icy lake near the shore, and go swimming in it. Best translation I can find is ice swimming. This is usually paired with a piping hot sauna, and you alternate between the 80-100 celcius hot room and taking dips in the ice water.
If no lake/similar body of water is available, rolling around naked in snow is also a valid option.
In Finland, during winter, we enjoy making wide openings into an icy lake near the shore, and go swimming in it. Best translation I can find is ice swimming. This is usually paired with a piping hot sauna, and you alternate between the 80-100 celcius hot room and taking dips in the ice water. If no lake/similar body of water is available, rolling around naked in snow is also a valid option.
We do that in Michigan too but it’s to punish people who commit crimes against fashion
I remember this is also a cooking style called blanching.
or in this case, reverse blanching? – cold first, then hot.
and translation is not necessary, here in Russia we call such people (swimming in an ice hole in winter) simply: walrus