6000 people sign up for 100th annual Polar Bear Swim in English Bay, Vancouver, more than doubling previous record

Entertainers welcome people arriving for the New Years Day 100th annual Polar Bear swim at English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia, January 1, 2020. Roughly 6000 people participated in the 2020 New Years Day swim over double the previous record helping make the Vancouver Polar Bear club one of the largest and oldest in the world. Photo by Heinz Ruckemann/UPI