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  • Giovedì 5 marzo 2015

Il concorso per i capelli congelati in Canada

I partecipanti si immergono in una sorgente naturalmente calda con meno 30 gradi all'esterno, e poi lasciano che i capelli si coprano di ghiaccio

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Bathers (L-R) Fanny Caritte, Milena Georgeault and Maxime Goyou Beauchamps of France show off their frozen hair while bathing in a 40 degree Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) pool in air temperatures of -30 C (-22 F) at Takhini Hot Springs in Whitehorse, Yukon in this handout photo taken February 9, 2015. The hot springs announced on March 2 that the group had won the hot springs' 2015 International Hair Freezing Contest. Picture taken February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Fanny Caritte/Handout via Reuters (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
REFILE - CORRECTING NATIONALITIES Bathers (L-R) Fanny Caritte, Milena Georgeault and Maxime Goyou Beauchamps of France show off their frozen hair while bathing in a 40 degree Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) pool in air temperatures of -30 C (-22 F) at Takhini Hot Springs in Whitehorse, Yukon in this handout photo taken February 9, 2015. The hot springs announced on March 2 that the group had won the hot springs' 2015 International Hair Freezing Contest. Picture taken February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Fanny Caritte/Handout via Reuters (CANADA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT) ATTENTION EDITORS - FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Ogni febbraio la struttura Takhini Hot Springs, situata su una sorgente calda a Whitehorse in Canada, ospita un concorso per i migliori capelli congelati. I partecipanti si immergono nell’acqua naturalmente calda (che arriva intorno ai 40 gradi centigradi) e si bagnano i capelli che, con la temperatura esterna molto bassa (intorno ai meno 30 gradi centigradi), si ghiacciano. Una volta che i capelli sono congelati, i partecipanti devono soltanto pubblicare la foto su Facebook: il vincitore vince l’equivalente di circa 135 euro. La sorgente calda di Whitehorse, che si trova nella foresta boreale dello Yukon in Canada, si forma sotto la crosta terrestre: l’acqua fuoriesce ad una velocità di circa 385 litri per minuto ad una temperatura di 47 gradi per tutto l’anno.