Coney Island annual Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day swim in Brooklyn, January 1, 2013, two months after Hurricane Sandy.

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An estimated 2,000 revelers and swimmers gathered in Coney Island at the annual Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on , 2013. Money raised at the event was used for Superstorm Sandy relief efforts. Group dressing in warm clothes after going into the frigid ocean.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY,
Photo credit: © Ethel Wolvovitz / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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