The annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim took place at Coney Island yesterday. Although disappointed by the unseasonably warm day, hundreds of would-be polar bears (and assorted hangers-on) crawled from their dens and gathered on the beach:
The excitement was palpable as the gathered throng awaited the signal. And then—there it was! A ripple passed through the crowd as the swimmers raced to the water’s edge and plunged in:
Wave after wave of scantily clad bathers followed:
Looks like this guy would do it again:
It seems jumping into the Atlantic Ocean in January isn’t so bad as long as one wears the proper hat:
And here TQ didn’t want to go because he thought it was going to be six old guys in Speedos.
Maybe now that he knows it’s girls in bikinis I can talk him into going next time the Sebago Frostbite Regatta gets postponed!