The serene beauty of a winter swim

There is something captivating about a breaststroke amid snowfall

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Winter swimmers swim in a partially ice-covered swimming pool in Changzhi, Shanxi province, January 16, 2008.
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Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.