Polar Bear Swim Day, or Polar Bear Plunge Day, is a day each year dedicated to taking a polar bear plunge, where participants enter a cold body of water as part of a challenge or for charity.

The Fair Oaks Dolphins swim team kicked off the New Year by jumping into Lake Natoma Friday morning.

Subzero wind chills failed to prevent a bunch of Polar Bears from enjoying an icy plunge into Lake Michigan on New Year's Day. The Jacksonport Polar Bear Club hosted its annual swim at Lakeside ...

Participants play and swim in 55 degree water during the 68th annual Cabrillo Beach Polar Bear New Year’s Day Swim on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. (Photo by Ana P. Garcia, Contributing Photographer) ...

Suzanne Scully ran into the cold water of Northport Bay Tuesday with about 250 others for a “polar bear swim” to raise money for a local food bank. She didn’t linger. “In and out ...

Started in 1903, the Coney Island Polar Bears swim in the icy waters of Southern Brooklyn every Sunday from November to April, ... “New Yorkers love nothing more than a challenge and taking the plunge ...

The annual Polar Bear Swim took place at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro Jan. 1, 2025…Between 600-800 usually participate with hundreds more turning out to watch and cheer it on. (Photo by Chuck ...

Some said they saw it as an ideal antidote to a New Year's hangover. A few wanted to challenge their resilience. Some felt it a way to revive some of Seattle's storied wackiness. Others gave in to ...

For the thousands of people who have splashed into the frigid waters of Lake Ontario for the Olcott Polar Bear Swim for Sight, it’s a fun day, from seeing friends Keeping 'Polar Bears' safe is ...

The 13th annual Great Polar Bear Challenge is coming on January 1st 2016 and will raise funds for Make-a-Wish, Idaho to grant wishes to children with life threatening medical conditions and their ...