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The Seaside Heights Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics takes place with thousands of participants. Approximately $2.4million was raised this year. Seaside Heights, NJ Saturday, February ...
The Polar Bear Plunge event in Maryland is the largest polar bear plunge in the United States. It is held annually at Sandy Point State Park and raises funds for the Special Olympics. [ 42 ] Sponsored by the Maryland State Police , in 2007, Plungapalooza raised $2.2 million and had 7,400 participants. [ 43 ]
A New Year's Day tradition since 1973, the Sheboygan Polar Bear Plunge returns on Monday, Jan. 1 at 1 p.m., according to VisitSheboygan.com. The plunge takes place on the shores of Lake Michigan ...
The Provincetown Polar Bear Plunge on Jan. 1, 2023, drew an estimated 250 people, who rushed into the water with air temperatures around 49 degrees.
A group of winter swimmers in Most, Czechia, set a new world record for the largest polar bear plunge with 2,461 participants. The previous record was 1,799 participants set in Mielno, Poland, in 2015. Disasters and accidents
The club in the water in December 2013 New Years Day 2011. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States, whose members regularly take polar bear plunges in the winters. [1] The club was founded by famed health advocate Bernarr McFadden in 1903. [2]
The Coney Island Polar Bears club in the water on December 22, 2013. The oldest ice swimming club in the United States is the Coney Island Polar Bear Club of Coney Island, New York, founded in 1903 by Bernarr MacFadden. [23] The club organizes an annual polar plunge on New Year's Day as well as regular swims in the Atlantic Ocean every Sunday ...
Here are some posts from plunge participants and observers who braved the cold: More: Plungers participate in the annual Polar Bear Plunge at Bradford Beach on New Year’s Day 2024. BRADFORD BEACH