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Polar bear swimmers take the plunge — and share their hopes for 2023

Greater Victoria residents share their hopes for 2023.

A group of swimmers who went to the wrong beach while looking to join in a polar bear swim to celebrate the new year didn’t let the lack of a large crowd dissuade them from taking the plunge on Sunday.

One by one, the group tested the waters in a sheltered cove at the base of Mile Zero, off Dallas Road just after noon on New year’s Day.

We talked to them about their hopes for 2023 — and about how the water was.

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