The 81st Polar Bear Swim at English Bay in Vancouver had around 1200 people to do the dive into the 8 degrees (Celsius) cold water. Fortunately it was a sunny day with comfortable temperatures. Click on the pictures for larger image.
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01-Jan-2001 11.56 | A dragon boat in the waters of English Bay. 4 Minutes before the start of the Polar bear Swim which starts at noon. That's what more people thought. |
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01-Jan-2001 12.00 | The bear is ready ... if only it started at noon. It actually begun at 2.30 PM. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.05 | The oldest contestant arrives. She is the queen of the Polar Bear Swim and 87 years old. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.05 | She will kick-off the swim by going into the water first. The press is there too. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.06 | There she goes ... brrrrrrrrr. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.09 | The people are ready to watch the swim ... |
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01-Jan-2001 14.11 | ... while the queen of the swim took the first cold bath of 2001. Here she's taken the microphone for her short New Year's speech. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.14 | The 1200 contestants are ready to go. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.17 | Some are dressed up, e.g. like Norwegians, a moose or tin man. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.25 | There they go. Whoever reaches the boat first (100 meters in the water) wins the contest. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.28 | And they're off !!! |
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01-Jan-2001 14.28 | In the cold water of English Bay. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.29 | The winner is about to reach the boat for the first price. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.30 | Can you recognize the two mooses? |
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01-Jan-2001 14.34 | Ready to get dressed again. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.39 | The crowd at English Bay. |
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01-Jan-2001 14.41 | And king Neptune. He's done this so many times ... |
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