Oral History Archive

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Dennis Thomas

President of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club for the past 12 years and a member since the 1980s

Olga Lozar

A Sea Gate resident who is a Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the pleasures of winter swimming

Hawley Hussey

Sea Gate artist, writer, educator and year-round swimmer

Naum Barash

A Coney Island Polar Bear recounts his 50 years of winter swimming in Ukraine and Brooklyn

Abiodun Bello

A Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the health benefits and natural high of winter swimming

Louis Scarcella

Longtime resident of Coney Island and former President of the Polar Bear Club