Vancouver’s 2024 Polar Bear Swim
Hundreds of people rang in 2024 with a splash at the annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Swim at English Bay. Participants of all ages donned fun costumes and took the plunge into the cold waters.
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Jan 2
104th annual Vancouver Polar Bear Swim
Thousands of Vancouverites will be welcoming in the New Year Monday in a way that can only be described as shock to the system – the 104th annual Polar Bear swim. Lisa Pantages, the event founder’s grand daughter, talks about the history and what a newcomer needs to know.
Lifestyle
Dec 31, 2023
Vancouver Polar Bear Swim makes splashy return
A New Year’s Day tradition is back at Vancouver’s English Bay Beach after a pandemic hiatus. As Travis Prasad reports, more than 6,000 brave souls took part in the 103rd annual Polar Bear Swim.
Global News Hour at 6
Jan 1, 2023
Polar Bear Swim returns to English Bay
After a three year pandemic hiatus, the Polar Bear swim is back on at English Bay. Global News Morning speaks with Vancouver Polar Bear Swim president Lisa Pantages about what people can expect as the event celebrates its 103rd anniversary.
Global News Morning BC
Dec 30, 2022
Global News Hour at 6 BC: Jan. 1
A look back on Saturday night’s New Year’s Eve celebrations in downtown Vancouver. Hundreds partake in Vancouver’s 2023 Polar Bear Swim. A senior man died in an East Vancouver house fire Saturday evening. Reaction to Canada’s latest measures regarding incoming travellers from some parts of Asia.
Global News Hour at 6 BC
Jan 1, 2023
Torontonians take polar bear plunge on New Year’s Day swim
Hundreds of people ran into Lake Ontario to raise over $65,000 for Habitat for humanity.
Jan 1, 2016
Swimmer plunges through Antarctic waters for climate change awareness
British swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh, dubbed the “human polar bear,” has completed the first-ever swim under an ice sheet in Antarctica. Jeff Semple explains how Pugh did it to raise awareness of climate change, and the dire threat facing Antarctica.
Global National
Jan 28, 2020
Annual Polar Bear Swim attracts thousands
It’s the time of the year when otherwise mostly normal people throw caution to the cold wind and plunge into frigid waters. Jennifer Palma reports on this year’s B.C polar bear swims.
Global News Hour at 6
Jan 2, 2018
Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2021 will keep the tradition alive
The Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is getting a COVID makeover. We talk to Vancouver Polar Bear Swim President Lisa Pantages about keeping the tradition alive during the pandemic.
Global News Morning BC
Dec 22, 2020
‘Stay frosty Vancouver!’: Brave souls take icy plunge to celebrate New Year
Global BC captured a few brave souls out on New Year’s Day celebrating the start of 2021 with a fresh swim in the icy waters off of Vancouver beaches. Annual polar bear swims in the province were cancelled this year due to the pandemic, and swimmers were asked to participate virtually instead.
Jan 1, 2021
Polar Bear Swim from 1962, my how times have changed
The Vancouver Park Board is preparing for the 100th anniversary of the Polar Bear Swim. Here is archive footage of the 1962 Polar Bear Swim.
Dec 17, 2019
Crazy people go for ‘hat trick’ of polar bear swims
While thousands of British Columbians take he plunge in polar bear swims, a dedicated group of people aim for the “hat trick” equivalent. John Hua reports.
Global News Hour at 6
Jan 2, 2019
Summerland Polar Bear Swim 2018
About a hundred swimmers took the icy plunge into Okanagan Lake for Summerland’s 33rd annual Polar Bear Dip.
Global News at 5 Okanagan
Jan 1, 2018
5 Things to do this weekend: Friday, December 27, 2019
Here are your five things to do this weekend around the province including the Polar Bear Swim at Vancouver’s English Bay and New Year’s Eve at Sasquatch Mountain.
Lifestyle
Dec 26, 2019
British Columbians take the plunge at 2020 polar bear swims
Global’s Aaron Mcarthur wraps up the annual madness across B.C. known as the “polar bear swim.”
Global News Hour at 6 BC
Jan 1, 2020
Polar Bear Swim from 1962, my how times have changed
The Vancouver Park Board is preparing for the 100th anniversary of the Polar Bear Swim. Here is archive footage of the 1962 Polar Bear Swim.
Dec 17, 2019
Changes to 2020 New Year’s events in Metro Vancouver
Two other traditions will look very different this year because of the pandemic. The 101st Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is going online virtually, as well, TransLink is pulling the plug on free transit rides this New Year’s Eve.
Global News at Noon BC
Dec 16, 2020
Thousands take the plunge at 2019 Vancouver Polar Bear Swim
Thousands of people continued their New Year’s celebrations by taking the plunge in Vancouver’s 99th annual Polar Bear swim in English Bay. Community reporter Michael Newman was there with the rowdy revellers.
Global News at 5 BC
Jan 1, 2019
Vancouver’s 96th annual Polar Bear Swim
Fri, Jan 1: For the 96th year in a row, thousands of Vancouverites have chosen a rather shocking way to welcome in the new year at the annual Polar Bear Swim.
Jan 1, 2016
British Columbians start the new year with Polar Bear swims
Fri, Jan 1: Thousands of otherwise normal people threw caution to the wind and rang in the new year by plunging into ice-cold water. Jen Palma has the story.
Canada
Jan 2, 2016