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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 polar bear plunge is an event held during the winter where participants enter a body of water despite the low temperature. In the United States, polar bear plunges are usually held to raise money for a charitable organization. In Canada, polar bear swims are usually held on New Year's Day to celebrate the new year.
The risks of taking a polar plunge are no joke. They include hypothermia, frostbite, drowning and cardiac events. “Drastic changes in temperature for someone with cardiovascular disease or ...
Jan. 1: Bradford Beach Polar Bear Plunge. A popular Milwaukee New Year's Day tradition, the Polar Bear Plunge at Bradford Beach, returns for another year on Monday, Jan. 1 at noon.The annual ...
In Australia, the polar vortex, known there as a "polar blast" or "polar plunge", is a cold front that drags air from Antarctica which brings rain showers, snow (typically inland, with blizzards occurring in the highlands), gusty icy winds, and hail in the south-eastern parts of the country, such as in Victoria, Tasmania, the southeast coast of ...
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 from November to April. [24]
Tybee Island is helping families start the new year off right with its annual Polar Plunge on Jan. 1, 2024. Thousands of participants will gather at the Tybee Post Pier & Pavilion beginning at 9 a ...
Annika Mijuskovic, 19, celebrated her latest birthday by taking the plunge into Lake Granbury’s 51-degree waters Saturday at the fourth edition of the Goosebump Jump in this historic Texas town ...