Filtering by winter swimming
![Dennis Thomas. Photo © Jim McDonnell. December 6, 2015.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/8627/images/dennis_thomas_by_jim_mcdonnell_dec_6_2015.jpg?itok=9pLMm1Bt)
Dennis Thomas
President of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club for the past 12 years and a member since the 1980s
![Karen Wilcox on the terrace of Luna Park Houses, 1965. Photo courtesy of Karen Wilcox.](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/10776/images/karen_wilcox.jpg?itok=zTbXLMa-&c=982920309626f88b89c590a00a083e84)
Karen Wilcox
Memories of living in Luna Park Houses and going to Coney Island bathhouses in the 1960s
![Photo courtesy Olga Lozar](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/7859/images/olga_lozar.jpg?itok=N6l5beaM&c=232f3aaec3bce557e06733a4f673a5a7)
Olga Lozar
A Sea Gate resident who is a Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the pleasures of winter swimming
![Photo courtesy of Naum Barash](https://www.coneyislandhistory.org/sites/default/files/styles/oral_history_thumbnail_bw/public/interviews/6207/images/dsc_5466.jpg?itok=-Kknyv-w&c=29549df82c2d30c72b1caf059c6c4361)
Naum Barash
A Coney Island Polar Bear recounts his 50 years of winter swimming in Ukraine and Brooklyn
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Abiodun Bello
A Coney Island Polar Bear talks about the health benefits and natural high of winter swimming