Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Cold temperatures didn’t stop a huge crowd from participating in the 122nd Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge. Sugar, a Westie, stayed dry on the shore while his family ...

That's why it's important to pick the right location, and not just any old place, to take a polar bear plunge. You might think you've been in freezing water before, especially if you've ever taken ...

Credit: Mashable Swimmers run into the ocean during Coney Island Polar Bear Club's New Year's Day Plunge in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 1 2017. Credit: Yana Paskova/Getty Images Original image has ...

Jeremiah Johnson gathered a group to join him in his first Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge, Nancy Elenbaas wore a fur coat before and after she went into the water and Jo Ann Flores-Deter said she ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Lustgarten’s group – the Coney Island Polar Bear Club – hosted the first winter water plunge in the United States on New Year’s Day in 1903.

TEENS. YEAH, THESE TEMPERATURES MIGHT HAVE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE RIGHT. WE’RE NOW LESS THAN THREE WEEKS AWAY FROM THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE POLAR BEAR PLUNGE TO BENEFIT THE ...

"It’s not too cold." Many people across the United States and beyond welcome the new year with a run into the water, known as a Polar Bear Plunge. It's a New Year's Day tradition in Canada and ...

Before there was a Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day in Milwaukee, there was the Milwaukee Polar Bear Club. And its members didn't just dive into frigid Lake Michigan on the first day of the year.

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.

Daniela Whittier of Havre de Grace, left, and Natasha Marshall of Baltimore plunge together in their Elsa outfits from the movie Frozen during the 2023 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at ...