Over 500 people Wednesday morning participated in the Polar Bear Plunge event, which has been held annually for the past 26 years in Waukegan to benefit those with disabilities. | Photo: City of ...

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Revelers in costumes get their photo taken before they enter the cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in New York. Pat Leonard: With Titans ...

Brrrr! On New Year’s Day, people, as always, were ringing in the new year with a famous Brooklyn tradition. Cold temperatures didn’t stop a huge crowd from participating in the 122nd Annual Coney ...

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear ...

This happened at the Polar Bear Plunge. Participants headed to Paradise Inn Bar and Grille on Pensacola Beach, some in costume, to start the new year off with a dip into the Santa Rosa Sound. “ ...

A Polar Bear plunge in the icy waters of English Bay has been a community tradition since 1920 for locals who want to rinse away the old year and start the new one fresh. Some wait until the horn ...

One of Vancouver's favourite New Year's Day traditions — the annual Polar Bear Swim — was celebrated by thousands again on Wednesday, in an event that has now spread across the world.

I don’t care how crazy that makes me sound.” It’s all for the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day Polar Plunge. “I am 60 years old, but when I jump in that water I ...

While they might not have been able to feel their toes, some Islanders say they now feel ready for 2025 after doing the polar bear plunge in Summerside, P.E.I., on Wednesday. Many ran into the ...