/CNW/ - The Courage Polar Bear Dip, the largest and longest-running charity event of its kind in Canada, this year aims to raise $100,000 to support World.
Holly McKenzie-Sutter
Hundreds of people take part in the Courage Polar Bear Dip for World Vision in Oakville, Ont., on New Year s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Crowds are discouraged from gathering this year as people plunge into icy Canadian waters to ring in 2021, but the pandemic hasnât frozen the charitable spirit behind the annual events. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn January 01, 2021 - 11:47 AM
Crowds are discouraged from gathering as people plunge into icy Canadian waters to ring in 2021, but the pandemic hasnât frozen the charitable spirit behind the annual events.
Organizers of âpolar swimsâ across the country are inviting people to participate in COVID-friendly dips with backyard adaptations or physically distanced events.
Hundreds of swimmers have braved the chilly seas around the UK for annual New Year’s Day dips.
With several charity swimming events cancelled this year due to coronavirus restrictions, people still headed to the waves to enjoy a socially distanced paddle in freezing temperatures.
The UK was expected to record temperatures as low as minus 4C in some areas on the first day of the year.
Rachel Tampin, 28, from Wallsend, takes a dip into the sea at Whitley Bay in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Ollie King, 22, and his sister Laura, 19, take a dip into the sea at King Edward’s Bay in Tynemouth (Owen Humphreys/PA)
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Crowds are discouraged from gathering as people plunge into icy Canadian waters to ring in 2021, but the pandemic hasn’t frozen the charitable spirit behind the annual events.
Hundreds of people take part in the Courage Polar Bear Dip for World Vision in Oakville, Ont., on New Year s Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Crowds are discouraged from gathering this year as people plunge into icy Canadian waters to ring in 2021, but the pandemic hasn’t frozen the charitable spirit behind the annual events. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn