Winter Swimmers by Orla McNelis by FIXT POINT Arts and Media published on 2020-02-20T17:21:47Z 'Polar swims don’t sound that crazy right? People swim on New Year’s Day to raise money for charity or just for the hell of it. You get a rush, you drink tea, you go home. But what about the people who do it every week? Or every day? What keeps them coming back to a tiny barren beach in West Toronto, to dive into a lake most people are afraid of. And what made me pull on my swim shoes and join them' Genre Storytelling
