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Scenes from Coney Island's 2024 Polar Bear Plunge: 'It’s a good hangover cure'
Several thousand New Yorkers kicked off the new year with a dip in the ocean water.
By
CS Muncy
Arts & Entertainment
Polar Bear Club Resumes New Year's Day Coney Island Plunge
Rain and omicron couldn't stop the brave from jumping into the Atlantic Ocean.
By
Scott Lynch
Arts & Entertainment
New Year's Day Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge Is ON For 2022
If you've been looking forward to immersing your body in freezing temperatures to ring in the new year, you're in luck.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
New Year's Day Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge Canceled Because Of COVID
"We will be back bigger and stronger in 2022."
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: Hundreds Of Revelers Greet New Decade By Jumping Into Atlantic Ocean
As always, the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge turned the beach and boardwalk into a party on New Year's Day.
By
Scott Lynch
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: Huge New Year's Turnout For Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge
Temperatures in the mid-50s and sunny skies made for a glorious day at the beach.
By
Scott Lynch
Arts & Entertainment
Behold The Best Bikinis And Bellies Of The 2013 Polar Bear Plunge
Because one can never have enough photos of adventurous folks throwing caution to the freezing wind and plunging into the Atlantic Ocean, check out more photos of bikinis and bellies from the Polar Bear Plunge.
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Photos: Polar Bear Swimmers Plunge Into 2013 And Freezing Atlantic In Coney Island
“In the grand scheme of what insanity can be, I would say this rates pretty low,” said one Keith Greenberg, who swims in the Atlantic Ocean every January with all the other sensible, rational people pictured here.
By
John Del Signore
News
Family Of Dead Polar Bear Plunge Fan Suing Everyone
Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge in 2009 (Barry Yanowitz) The family
By
Ben Yakas
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