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'Berlin seals', the ice swimmers cheer New Year
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-01-01 20:57
An ice swimmer from the traditional club 'Berliner Seehunde' (Berlin seals) takes a dip in the cold waters of lake Oranke in the eastern Berlin district of Alt-Hohenschoenhausen January 1, 2010. A small group of ice swimmers met on Friday to usher in the new year by having their traditional New Year's swimming session. Ice swimming involves cutting a hole in a crust of ice and swimming in the body of water. [Agencies]