Lisa Pantages, the granddaughter of Peter Pantages who started the swim in 1920, poses for a photograph in the traditional bathing attire at the annual Polar Bear Swim at English Bay, the first edition of the event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers embrace in the waters of English Bay at the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers return to the chilly waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers run towards the waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers run towards the waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers run towards the waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers run towards the waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers run towards the waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

Revellers run towards the waters of English Bay for the first public event since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

James Louis of Musqueam territories performs a cleansing ceremony and prays to the four directions at English Bay ahead of the of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

James Louis of Musqueam territories performs a cleansing ceremony and prays to the four directions at English Bay ahead of the of the annual Polar Bear Swim on New Year's Day in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A person runs into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A person runs into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People dressed as polar bears run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A man shaves while standing in the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A man waves the U.S. flag as people run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A person poses for a photo before running into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A man celebrates after running into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A person runs into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People kiss in the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A woman poses for a photo while walking into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club "New Year's Day Plunge" in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

People run into the Atlantic Ocean during the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith 

A man stands next to a polar bear ice sculpture, designed to melt and raise awareness of climate change, in the Quartier des spectacles, during COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi 

Children stand next to a polar bear ice sculpture, designed to melt and raise awareness of climate change, in the Quartier des spectacles, during COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi 

A man stands next to a polar bear ice sculpture, designed to melt and raise awareness of climate change, in the Quartier des spectacles, during COP15, the two-week U.N. biodiversity summit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi 

A person in a polar bear costume and activists of the Nuclear for Climate movement protest at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

People in costumes of polar bears and activists of the Nuclear for Climate movement protest at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

People in costumes of polar bears and activists of the Nuclear for Climate movement protest at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

People in costumes of polar bears react, as activists of the Nuclear for Climate movement protest at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

A person in a costume of a polar bear holds a banner, as activists of the Nuclear for Climate movement protest at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 11, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany 

Trash is dumped into a garbage truck featuring the image of a polar bear at an apartment building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Chris Helgren TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A polar bear stands by water, at the Hagenbeck Zoo, in Hamburg, Germany, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Cathrin Mueller TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A polar bear swims to cool off, at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Cathrin Mueller 

Protesters carry inflatable polar bears during a "Look up" march to call on the presidential candidates to take into account the climate emergency in Paris, France, April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier 

A polar bear is seen in the city zoo following bombing, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino 

A person dressed as Santa Claus looks on during the 119th annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day plunge in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 1, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado 

A person runs into the Atlantic ocean during the 119th annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day plunge in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 1, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado 

Paramedics transport a person on to an ambulance during the 119th Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 1, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado 

A paramedic preforms cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person at the 119th annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day plunge in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 1, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado 

A person waves U.S. national flag standing in the Atlantic ocean during the 119th annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day plunge in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 1, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado 

A person leaps into the Atlantic ocean during the 119th annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day plunge in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., January 1, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado