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Alexander Dyachkovsky, 49, a hunter, demonstrates the health routine of the Russian mystic Porfiry Ivanov (1898-1983) by dousing himself outdoors with a bucket of ice cold water in temperatures of -41 degrees centigrade, in the belief that it brings one close to nature, in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Yakutsk, the capital of Russia's diamond-producing Yakutiya region in eastern Siberia, has a reputation as the world's coldest city. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Alexander Dyachkovsky, 49, a hunter, demonstrates the health routine of the Russian mystic Porfiry Ivanov (1898-1983) by dousing himself outdoors with a bucket of ice cold water in temperatures of -41 degrees centigrade, in the belief that it brings one close to nature, in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Yakutsk, the capital of Russia's diamond-producing Yakutiya region in eastern Siberia, has a reputation as the world's coldest city. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images