Scientists have recorded the longest swim ever done by a polar bear. A female polar bear in the Beaufort Sea swam an ...

But are they good swimmers? Yes! In fact, polar bears can swim better than most mammals, including humans. They’re at home in frigid waters and have incredible stamina. Intrigued? Here are nine ...

The annual Polar Bear Swim drew hundreds, as usual, for the bracing, rejuvenating dip into the sea at Cabrillo Beach. The tradition goes back more than 70 years and includes the ceremonial ...

With a backdrop of crystal-clear skies and the sapphire-blue Atlantic waters, the Rotary Club of South East Nassau (RCSEN) ...

The largest Polar Bear swim around town is in Vancouver’s English Bay, but there’s several others going on around Metro Vancouver, so you don’t have to go far to prove your mettle.

Then they realize the band isn’t playing yet. Someone missed the fine print in the City of Vancouver’s Polar Bear Swim messaging, which said the event ran from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., but in ...

One of Vancouver's favourite New Year's Day traditions — the annual Polar Bear Swim — was celebrated by thousands again on Wednesday, in an event that has now spread across the world ...

The Lido Club, a Victoria-based ocean cold water swimming club, is advertising a polar bear dip that starts at noon at Willows Beach. In Sidney, Peninsula Celebrations Society is bringing back its ...

For the second year running, Vancouver's Polar Bear Swim participants are being asked to shiver in solitude. Recent pandemic-related public-health orders have again made it impossible to hold the ...

The first Polar Bear Swim in Vancouver took place in 1976 with 641 people registering for the event. 2:08 Residents south of the Fraser take part in annual Polar Bear Swim ...