Two men look at the sea while taking part in the annual New Year's dive into the North Sea in Scheveningen, Netherlands on January 1, 2020. (Photo by Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters)
The DFDS King of seaways enters the Mouth of the Tyne on the North East coast in Rough sea on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
St Andrews University students skinny dip in the sea as May Day celebrations in St Andrews, Scotland on April 30, 2017. Hundreds of revellers ditched their clothes and bravely jumped into the bitterly cold North Sea. (Photo by Alamy Stock Photos)
A workman walks past a large mural on the side of a building during the “Sand Sea & Spray” Urban Art Festival in Blackpool, north west England on July 11, 2015. (Photo by Oli Scarff/AFP Photo)
A participant runs towards the waters of the North Sea during the annual New Year's plunge event in Ostend, Belgium, January 2, 2016. (Photo by Francois Lenoir/Reuters)
Lightning illuminates a thundercloud as a storm front hits the North Sea region near Westerhever, northern Germany, on August 11, 2014. (Photo by Daniel Reinhardt/AFP Photo/DPA)
People walk along the sea front at Blyth in Northumberland in North East England on Monday, May 24, 2021. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
Partipants vie for the ball during the 11th Mud Olympics held at the North Sea coast in Brunsbuettel, Germany, July 11, 2015. Amateur athletes have competed in several disciplines at the Mud Olympics since 2004. (Photo by Axel Heimken/EPA)