Freezing Water, Warm Community: Inside Glasgow Uni’s Polar Bear Club

Her CampusBy Jess DavidsonOct 16, 2026
Freezing Water, Warm Community: Inside Glasgow Uni’s Polar Bear Club

Roughly 7.5 million people across the UK now swim in open water, and over 90% say they do it purely for the joy of it. One Highlands-raised student joins Glasgow University's Polar Bear Club to find out what's really behind the wild swimming boom, and discovers the real appeal might have less to do with the water, and more to do with who you're shivering next to.

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