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Coney Island Polar Bears' 100th Anniversary

By Scott Simon
Published January 4, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ken Krisses, president of the Coney Island Polar Bears Club about the groups 100th annual swim on New Years' Day.

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Scott Simon
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
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