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JPBC Home Page |
We have a new page and pictures for our 2008 swim! Click on the 2008 button on the top banner to this page.
If you are planning to be a Polar Bear, here are Important instructions and helpful hints you should read before next New Year's Day!
So once a year isn't enough for you? Now you can help raise funds for local Special Olympics athletes, with swimming events in Wisconsin February thru March. Click on the happy diving bear above to visit their site.
ROAD TRIP!!! The Polar Bears were 20th Century-Fox's special guests on March 12, 2002 for the "Outdoor Frozen Premiere" of the fun film ICE AGE.
Click on the big group photo below to see 3 more pages of pictures!
Wisconsin Trails Magazine wrote about our trip in the June 2002 issue, page 14. See the article with our picture in Wisconsin libraries now!
Read Heidi Hodges'
Door County Advocate article about the 2000 event!
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| "Any idiot can throw himself in freezing water, but it takes a real Polar Bear to do it 16 years in a row." |
| J.R. Jarosh |
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| "Isn't the lake beautiful?" |
| Irma Schira Tucker |
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| "Is that an icicle in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?" |
| Mae West |
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| "Your poor heart. There's not enough room in your body for it when you hit the water." |
| Bob Brauer |
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| "Our lives are not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the times that take our breath away." |
| Tom Minahan |
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Polar Bear Club of Coney Island, NY