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Ms Thordis Erla Agustsdottir, a photographer who documents Iceland's pool culture, at an outdoor public pool in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Feb 13.
PHOTO: SERGEY PONOMAREV/NYTIMES
Amelia Nierenberg
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – An icy wind was cutting across Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, just after 7am on a winter morning. Puddles were frozen solid. Noses stung. It was, after all, minus 11 deg C. That was cold, even in Iceland.
But there, under the open sky on the deck of the Vesturbaejarlaug public pool complex, some 20 people in bathing suits were doing jumping jacks in unison, their breath steaming as they counted and whooped, before dropping to the frozen ground for push-ups.
