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ICYMI: Polar Bears Head Back To Long Beach After Virtual Plunge

Several thousand people could take the ocean dip on Feb. 6.

LONG BEACH, NY — Long Beach is hosting its annual wintertime swim. The Polar Bear Plunge is scheduled for Feb. 6 at Laurelton Avenue.

Pete Meyers is co-founder of the Long Beach Polar Bears, which launched in 1998.

"We started doing it for fun," Meyers told Patch. "We started raising money for Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2001."

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