It is a far cry from full steamer wetsuits and freezing water on the Auckland surfing beaches.
Firefighters said they had to save a dog from freezing water this week after the ice gave way beneath it.
Seven people were thrown into the freezing water from which they were rescued, while the other eight people were recovered from the upturned ship.
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He said "freezing water" also flooded the basement, "drowning the vast majority of us" and leaving the rest in the chilly waters for about 20 hours.
This, allied to the fact that the Atlantic in mid-November is no place to be hanging around, with freezing water crashing all over the boats, makes the Transat one of the hardest races in the world.
What do you make of householders turned austere pilgrims who live in tatty canvas tents on a flood plain of a river braving regular baths in freezing water, biting cold, smoky skies and ear-splitting din for more than a month?
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But that was soon under three feet of water as he waded ashore, a weary soldier still smelling his own vomit from a night in a close boat on a choppy sea, and whose kilt in the freezing water was floating prettily round him like a ballerina's skirt.
There simply isn't enough evidence to justify the benefits of swimming in freezing cold water over some laps in a warmer swimming pool.
Researchers at Keele University, in Staffordshire, England, had a group of hardy volunteers hold their hands in freezing cold water, first while swearing and then while emitting inoffensive phrases.
Doctors, however, aren't so convinced that these plunges are good for you, noting that there is no solid evidence of any physical health benefits associated with swimming in freezing cold water.
She had taken a solemn vow of chastity since then, like one of her made-up childhood rituals of lying in freezing cold water, but to someone with her natural generosity it was a heartless, bitter thing.
Considering normal New York January highs hover just above freezing, with water temperatures not much warmer, staying in for any amount of time is no small feat.
Freezing conditions caused water pipes to split in many regions.
However, Penny Lane was closed due to damage caused by standing water and freezing conditions creating potholes.
The meals were not good, there were not enough blankets, for showers there was only cold water, freezing.
Skiles, 49, as well as rescuers, who acted quickly to minimize passengers' injuries in below-freezing temperature and frigid water.
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If America hadn't gone to war, a man named Birdseye wouldn't have figured out he could preserve food for our troops by flash freezing it in cold water.
Amid rain and temperatures just above freezing, police brought in two water cannon, deploying one of them to push back the rioters.
There are high-rise apartment buildings with sick or elderly residents trapped in their freezing homes without enough food, water or medication who are unable to walk up and down several or dozens of flights of stairs to get what they need.
The pair said they braved winds and below-freezing temperatures on Monday afternoon to walk along the water at Battery Park and see how their favorite monument had withstood the megastorm.
The two researchers suspected that the channels found in warm-water species would not work well in the freezing temperatures that their polar cousins endure.
When fog forms below 0C, its super-cooled water droplets remain liquid, even though the temperature is below freezing.
Meanwhile, Welsh Water has urged customers to make sure their pipes are protected from freezing in the cold weather.
Above-freezing temperatures also led to overflow along the trail, a potentially dangerous situation where water has pushed up through the ice and refrozen, creating a weak top layer of ice that teams and mushers can break through.
Aside from the sweltering daytime heat and the freezing night-time temperatures, the biggest problem for folks living in desert regions is finding sources of water.
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