The Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge attracted thousands of New Yorkers ready to start the year with a shock to their systems. Since 1903, New Yorkers have braved the icy ...

Tim Sherno, left, a Minnesota resident is joined by Chris Chamberlin of Millersville as they plunge during the 2025 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park on Saturday.

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.

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. The L Street Brownies in South Boston followed ...

The 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 inclusion and the bigger ...

Flores-Deter, Elenbaas and Johnson were among a record crowd of 540 people who ran, walked or jumped into the lake in Waukegan’s 25th-annual Polar Bear Plunge Monday at the city’s beach in ...

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 pose in their Elsa outfits from the movie Frozen before plunging during the 2023 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge ...

Plungers take a dip in the Atlantic Ocean during the Polar Bear Plunge in Wildwood, N.J. on Saturday, January 18, 2025. The event is presented by the Law Enforcement Torch in support of Special ...

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.

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