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People take part in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day swim by running into the ocean at Coney Island on January 1, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club claims itself as the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S. and attracts hundreds to the beach for the annual swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

People take part in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day swim by running into the ocean at Coney Island on January 1, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club claims itself as the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S. and attracts hundreds to the beach for the annual swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

People take part in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day swim by running into the ocean at Coney Island on January 1, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club claims itself as the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S. and attracts hundreds to the beach for the annual swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

People take part in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day swim by running into the ocean at Coney Island on January 1, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club claims itself as the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S. and attracts hundreds to the beach for the annual swim in the Atlantic Ocean.

People take part in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day swim by running into the ocean at Coney Island on January 1, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club claims itself as the oldest winter bathing organization in the U.S. and attracts hundreds to the beach for the annual swim in the Atlantic Ocean.