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PHOTOS Navy power: winter training in icy waters

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By Bahk Eun-ji
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Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, participate in swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Temperatures in the area dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius, with wind chills reaching as low as minus 11 degrees. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, participate in swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Temperatures in the area dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius, with wind chills reaching as low as minus 11 degrees. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A deep sea diver from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, participates in swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A deep sea diver from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, participates in swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, enter the water for swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, enter the water for swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, enter the water for swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, enter the water for swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, shout slogans with their fists in the air during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, shout slogans with their fists in the air during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, shout during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, shout during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, paddle rubber boats as part of swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, paddle rubber boats as part of swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, paddle rubber boats as part of swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, paddle rubber boats as part of swimming drills during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, swim during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, swim during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, swim during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, swim during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, shout during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deep sea divers from the Navy’s Salvage and Diving Unit, part of the Special Warfare Flotilla, shout during winter cold-water training at Jinhae Naval Port in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul