Joined Atlas Obscura in 2014

Mark Roberts is a tour guide in New York City. He also lectures on topics from space poop to crime writing to sailor slang. He has walked across the U.S. once and Europe five times. He hopes to find his car keys some day.

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Swimmers run to the frigid water at the 2012 New Year's Day Coney Island Polar Bear Club Plunge

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The New Year's Ritual of Plunging Into Frigid Waters Started with a Strongman at Coney Island