Polar Bears Club takes its annual dip in Vltava river

Half a dozen members of the Prague Polar Bears Club of hardy men and women turned up for their annual New Year’s swim in the Vltava river on Friday. The group swum a kilometer-long stretch down the river in water temperature of 3 degrees Celsius. The tradition of keeping fit in this way dates back to 1923, but doctors warn untrained individuals against trying it just for fun.