The sea froze for the first time in 20 years, and photographer David Trood noticed the winter bathers. "I was interested in why the bathers do this crazy thing: it's dangerous and painful, yet they swear by it." – david_trood on his project at #Vedbaek beach, north of Copenhagen where he photographed them daily for about a week. Image: 62-year-old man dipping his body in minus 2 degree sea water on the coast of #Denmark. | 📷: David Trood | 97659254 | #GettyImages #GettyCreative #viking #frozen #cold #ice #polarbearplunge #winter #weather