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What is too cold for clams? The water isn't frozen. Given typical salinity, salt water freezes at 28 degrees Fahrenheit. I suppose wave action would modify that a bit. Of course, clams can't head south for the winter, so balmy summer weather as shown in the picture is one thing, and surviving a hard freeze in the winter is another.

If I were there, I'd at least go wading just to say I've bathed in the Arctic Ocean. Since it would probably be a once in a lifetime thing, I might even do one of those polar bear runs and get immersed. Provided, of course, that I had a quick way to warm up when I got out. I don't live far enough north to trust frozen lakes and streams, but I've broken through the ice and gotten my feet wet in shallow creeks a couple of times. So I've experienced water colder than in this picture. So have you, probably.