So what’s next on the LOST event schedule? The New Year’s Day Polar Bear Dip, of course!!!
Now I’m sure most of you are all gung ho and ready to go… but if you need some inspiration, check out the story below and the video from last year!
We also have a change in plans this year!!!… we are going to do our own LOST Polar Bear Dip!!!
While the Polar Bear Dip we did last year in Coronation Park is a very worthy cause, I consulted several LOST swimmers about doing our own dip… and it was unanimously agreed… we are going to do our own Polar Bear Dip!
We will meet at the usual place, the LOST beach, at Navy Street Pier… at 11:30 on New Year’s Day… and jump in at 12:00 exactly! So don’t be late! Feel free to bring along family and friends… either as dippers, picture takers or laughers!
No registration, no fees, just a whole bunch of people jumping into big ol’ cold Lake O! A great way to kick off the LOST swimming season!
PS. in case it wasn’t obvious… NO WETSUITS! 😉
See you there!
Cheers,
Rob
*Ontario Polar Bears In Danger of Disappearing* (Star – “Ontario polar bears doomed,” A21)
According to Ian Stirling, a biologist and professor at the University of Alberta, polar bears will disappear from the shores of the Hudson Bay in Ontario and Manitoba within the next 20 to 30 years. Stirling said that the loss of Arctic ice in the region due to warmer weather will be the primary danger to the area’s population of 1,600 polar bears. Stirling said that the ice has been disappearing at a rate of 10 per cent per decade since 1979, outpacing the predictions of most scientific models. Stirling warned that the loss of habitat and a shorter ice season will lead to more polar bears searching for alternate food sources, often in areas of human settlement.
If Madhu is in I may consider it too 🙂
see you at 11:30 on 01012012
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