Cold Comfort: How One Siberian Is Using the Freezing Weather to Better Her Health

Cold Comfort: How One Siberian Is Using the Freezing Weather to Better Her Health
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It may seem unusual, but sunbathing in snow and wearing nothing more than a swimsuit in -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) can help fitness.

From The Siberian Times: Wearing nothing more than a revealing red bikini and a pair of boots, Viktoria Smolina is showing Siberians just want to have fun, no matter the weather.

Running through the snow, and lying down to relax on a towel on a freezing day, the 27-year-old held her impromptu sunbathing session as part of an unusual healthy lifestyle choice that harnesses the goodness of cold weather.

The pictures, from her photo shoot on the banks of a river Ob in Novosibirsk in temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius or lower, have gone viral in Russia, and helped raise awareness of her hardy therapy. She is an advocate that cold weather can heal the soul, and improve health and fitness.

Viktoria Smolina on the banks of the River Ob in Novosibirsk, Siberia, in a temperature of -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). (Ekaterina Marinina)
Viktoria Smolina on the banks of the River Ob in Novosibirsk, Siberia, in a temperature of -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). Ekaterina Marinina