Eli5: How do people not develop hyperthermia when participating in polar plunges?

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Popular travel vloggers, known for their adventures around the world, visit Iceland in the winter and decide to take a polar plunge in a freezing cold glacial lagoon. Despite the shock of the icy water, they both manage to stay in for a short period of time and emerge unharmed. How do they manage to avoid developing hyperthermia?

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Hypothermia is usually the result of extended amounts of time exposed to extremely low temperatures. A quick dip in icy water won’t do that.

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Hypothermia is usually the result of extended amounts of time exposed to extremely low temperatures. A quick dip in icy water won’t do that.