Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.

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.

However, the frigid liquid you dip into for a polar bear plunge is something else entirely. There are a few guidelines to follow when looking for the perfect place to jump in.

Cold temperatures didn’t stop a huge crowd from participating in the 122nd Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge.

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge.

The Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Maryland is coming up. Jennifer Franciotti has a conversation with a Special Olympics athlete to talk about the importance of ...

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.

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 ...

Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

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 ...

The New Year’s Day polar plunge in Brigantine draws thousands of participants and spectators, but it started with a couple of friends daring themselves to jump into the ocean. That’s how Augie ...