While the Polar Bear Club's celebrity grew, its active membership shrank. A Dec. 19, 1921, Journal story noted that Brazell, the club's president, was joined by only two others in the first winter ...

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States. Emma Pesin is a YMCA lifeguard in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Jan. 1, 2025, Coney Island.

Polar Bear Club Swimmers plunge into 2025 by: Allie McKibben Posted: Jan 1, 2025 / 05:56 PM EST Updated: Jan 1, 2025 / 07:52 PM EST ...

A Coney Island tradition since 1903 — the same year the Coney Island Polar Bear Club was founded — the event also kickstarts the local economy. Last year, thousands of attendees raised more than ...

CONEY ISLAND — The 122nd Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge started at 11 a.m. on Jan. 1, gathering more than 4,000 people.

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced this week that its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge raised more than $60,000, benefiting seven local Coney Island non-profits. The event, hosted in ...

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States. Since 1903, the Polar Club has been hosting a public New Year's Day Plunge to welcome in the New Year.

"It's been a great success," said co-founder of the Skaneateles Polar Bear Club, Todd Marshall. "We started with 18 people nine years ago at our first plunge and have since grown to more than 100 ...

Big party plans for New Year’s Eve? Head down to Coney Island on New Year’s Day for a proven hangover remedy — running into the Atlantic Ocean. The annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge has been ...

The Skaneateles Polar Bear Club hosted the 13th annual Polar Plunge at Clift Park on Saturday. Nearly 150 community members braved the 37-degree waters of Skaneateles Lake to fundraise for local ...

The La Jolla Cove Swim Club welcomed people to dive into the chilly Pacific during the Polar Bear Plunge at La Jolla Shores the morning of Jan. 1. Participants could take a dip and then warm up ...

The winter ocean plunge was founded on the belief that it was a “boon to one’s stamina, virility and immunity,” and as the Polar Bear Club website writes, early members of this club included ...