The previous record was 1,799 swimmers who participated in the polar bear dip in Mielno, Poland, on the Baltic Sea on Feb. 15, 2015, according to Guinness World Records.

The 32nd annual Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside Heights drew 7,500 polar plungers who walked, ran or briefly submerged into the Atlantic Ocean, officials said.

The investigation found that: WWF has helped facilitate the international commercial trade in polar bear furs as part of its support for the policy of sustainable utilisation. Specifically ...

Essentially, it's Mother Nature's Teflon. "We found that when you had unwashed, greasy polar bear fur, it didn't stick that strongly at all," said Julian Carolan, a PhD student at Trinity College ...