The ones he recorded during the winter were his most well-known, though also being controversial in nature due to their perceived danger-drinking alcohol before swimming near-naked in below-freezing temperatures-but some also characterised them as artistic for their presentation and content.

His videos, in which he remained mostly silent, were popular worldwide, especially in Poland. His YouTube career lasted from 2006 until his death in 2021, though his channel first started gaining popularity in 2011. At the time of his death, he lived in Sandefjord where he worked in a paint factory run by the chemicals company Jotun. He died in 2021 after he fell through the ice of a lake west of Kongsberg, Norway, while recording a video.

Tor Eckhoff (22 November 1964 – 27 November 2021), also known as Apetor ( Norwegian pronunciation: ), was a Norwegian industrial worker and YouTuber known primarily for his videos where he drank vodka while performing daring activities on frozen waters, like ice skating, swimming in ice holes and diving.

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