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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

More than 50 brave men and women took part in the 2025 Polar Bear Plunge Super Plunge. WBAL-TV's very own Tori Yorgey was ...

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 ...

The annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year’s Day as participants took a freezing dip to ring in 2025 while raising record funds for local nonprofit ...

Need a rush to help kick off the new year? Head to Pensacola Beach and plunge headfirst into the Santa Rosa Sound at the annual Polar Bear Plunge. Hundreds of dippers and spectators – many ...

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.

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 ...