Murmansk
Murmansk is the biggest city in the world inside the Arctic Circle and location of the International Winter Swimming Competition (80th International Holiday of the North or the Polar Olympics) conducted by the Department of Physical Culture and Sport of Murmansk and organised by Irina Andreeva and Blokhin Dmitry.
Murmansk is one of the world's capitals of ice swimming. It is the site of the Murmansk Mile and the Festival of Sports in June. The Murmansk Mile is a 1.2 km swim across Kola Bay in water 4-8ºC with currents with over 40 ice swimming participants that is organised by Irina Andreeva and Blokhin Dmitry. The Festival of Sports has more than 10,000 participants and spectators in 11 different kinds of sports.
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Honor
Murmansk Winter Swimming is an Honor Event in the Class of 2020 of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame.
Ice Swimming World Championships
- Murmansk was the site of the first Ice Swimming World Championship on 20 March 2015 and the 10th Russian Ice Swimming Championships in 2015 at the Lapland Lake Semenovskoye.
- Murmansk was the site of the IISA 3rd World Championship and 1st Arctic Cup that was held at Semenovskoe Lake between 14-19 March 2019.
Walrus Club
Murmansk is also the headquarters to the Walrus Club, an ice swimming and winter swimming group with over 500 active members.
International Ice Swimming Association World Championships
On 20 March 2015 in Lapland Lake Semenovskoye, Murmansk, Russia
Ice Swimming Videos
Transformation To The Ice
Shelley Taylor-Smith talks with Christof Wandratsch about his transformation to The Ice.
2015 IISA World Championships
1st International Ice Swimming Association World Championships 1 km fastest heat on 20 March 2015 in Murmansk, Russia.
Lane 1 Evgeni Rabinovich
Lane 2 Sergio Salomone
Lane 3 Craig Lenning
Lane 4 Christof Wandratsch
Lane 6 Henri Kaarma
Lane 7 Albert Sobirov
Lane 8 Eduard Khodakovsk
Behind the camera: Wyatt Song
World's Best Open Water Swimming Towns
Murmansk was selected as one of the World's Best Open Water Swimming Towns by the World Open Water Swimming Association in 2016.
External links
- Update to the International Ice Swimming Association Policy – IISA Moves to a Total Ban
- International Ice Swimming Association Official Statement on the Invasion of Ukraine
- Quinn Fitzgerald's Unexpected World Title
- Russian Relay Navigates Neva
- Another Pioneering Success: 221 km Swim To Victory 2021
- Wörthersee Is Coming Up
- 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
- 555 km Black Sea Victory Relay Lives Up To Its Name
- Nuala Shares Moore About Cold Water Swimming
- What Was Happening 5 Years Ago In The Open Water?
- What Was The Most Impactful Open Water Swim In World History?
- IISA III World Championships Murmansk Highlights
- Alisa Fatum, The Woman To Watch In The Ice
- Murmansk Winter Swimming, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Event
- Antarctic Circle Challenge, An Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Event
- World's Best Beach & Open Water Swimming Towns
- www.gorsport51.ru
- The Who's Who Of Extremists Gather At Top Of World
- Mind Over Matter, Swimming 1000m @ 0ºC
- The Polar Olympics In Murmansk
- Murmansk Mile Across Kola Bay Is Totally Cool
- Antartica Circle Ice Challenge: The Goal, Men And Cause
- St. Ninian's Bay To Host International Swim Celebration
- How Tough Are You?
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Monika Hayes And Zani Miller Shine At Polar Olympics
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Elina Making Taking Safety To Her Limits
- Ordinary People Achieving The Extraordinary In Murmansk
- 1st World Ice Swimming Championship To Be Presented
- Behind The Scenes In Murmansk
- March Madness in Murmansk
- March Madness In Murmansk, Part 2
- Wandi Really Ready
- So Young, So Beautiful...So Cold
- Powerful People In Polar Pool
- Intense Competition Among World's Best Ice Swimmers
- A Champion's Mindset In Murmansk
- Cool Cats Create Cold Club
- World Ice Swimming Championship photos
- SOS, Rescues And Saves In Ice Swimming Competitions
- The Power Of One, Henri Karma
- Vasily Mosin, Undressed And Fast
- Ice In His Vein - Albert Sobirov
- Team Matters In Ice Swimming
- Forza Italia In Ice
- Pooling The Finest In Cold Water Swimming - Part 1
- Pooling The Finest In Cold Water Swimming - Part 2
- Superhuman 1000 In 0.8°C
- 2015 Ice Swimming World Championship Results
- Elina Making Taking Safety To Her Limits
- Fast Frentic Freezing Freestyle
- Intense Competition Among World's Best Ice Swimmers
- The Power Of One, Henri Karma
- Ice In His Vein - Albert Sobirov
- Team Matters In Ice Swimming
- Checking Up And Checking In For An Ice Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Why Ice Swimming Has It
- Two Sides To An Ice Swimming Venue
- Petar Stoychev Takes First Major Step In The Cold
- Ice Swimming World Championship Celebrated
- 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- Ice Swimming Comes To New York City
- How Christof Wandratsch Turned To The Ice
- The Afterdrop, Rewarming And Post Rescue Collapse
- Explosive Growth Of Ice Swimming, 120 To Delve Deeply
- Camaraderie, Competition Makes Ice Swimming Great
- Caring For Open Water Swimmers In The Extreme
- Ice Swimming World Championships 2019 Announcement
- Murmansk, Russia Selected For IISA World Championship
- Petar Stoychev, A Possibly Unique Olympic Experience
- International Ice Swimming Association Growth & Future
- Nadezhda Dudina, Spectacular Swimming Septuagenarian
- Think, Plan, Do In The Open Water
- 2019 IISA World Championship In Murmansk
- Imagine This: A World Championship In The Arctic Circle
- Starts And Turns In Ice Swimming Competitions
- Donald McDonald From The Canary Islands To Murmansk
- Hardening With Ice, Ger Gets Gritty
- Watch International Ice Swimming World Championships Live
- World Record Holders To Race In Epic Battle In Murmansk
- World Record Holders To Face Off In Cold, Cold Murmansk
- Ger Kennedy Warms Up For Murmansk In Mikkelvik Brygge
- Petar Stoychev To Face Huge Challenges In Murmansk
- World Record Holders To Be Honored In Murmansk
- Alisa Fatum Wins 500m At Ice Swimming Championships
- Paul Georgescu Wins 500m World Championship
- Vladislav Sapozhikov Wins 200m Freestyle World Title
- Michał Perl Captures 100m Breaststroke World Title
- Aleksandra Bednarek Wins 100m Breaststroke World Title
- Ice Machine Wins 50m Butterfly World Title
- Elina Mäkinen Wins 50m Butterfly World Title In Murmansk
- Hanna Bakuniak From Poland, Fastest Woman In The Ice
- Quinn Fitzgerald, Newcomer Extraordinaire
- He Is A Bulldog - Quinn Fitzgerald, Yale's World Champion
- Bárbara Hernández In And Out Of Ice Water
- Vladimir Turovsky, Tough From Tyumen
- IISA 4rd World Championship Event Coverage Summary
- Memories From Murmansk
- Fergil Hesterman Win IISA World Cup Series
- Alisa Fatum Wins 2019 IISA World Cup Series
- Building A 0.2°C Competition Swimming Pool In The Arctic
- Swimming In 0.2°C Water In The Arctic Circle
- Mak Chun-kong Knows No Limits
- Ram Barkai On Shimmer On Superhumans
