This family-friendly event invites participants to be “Freezin’ for a Reason” and to help grant life-changing wishes for ...

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For 30 years, Marylanders have been "freezin' for a reason" by raising money for Special Olympics Maryland through the Polar ...

A record crowd ran into frigid Lake Michigan for the Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day, despite temperatures of 14 ...

Bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge.

Officials say Waukegan's annual Polar Bear Plunge event had over 600 people participating Thursday morning, the biggest ...

Greenland’s remote eastern fjords are a place of elemental beauty, where glaciers carve through the land, musk oxen roam ...

For the 2026 Polar Bear Double Dip, the water was cold, but the camaraderie was warm, as hundreds came out to start off the ...

Locals kicked off the new year with creative goals and celebrations, from a 10-year-old's quest to try unusual foods to ...

The Whatcom County community attempted to break the world record for largest polar bear dip on New Year's Day 2026.

In February, the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce announced its intention to beat the Guinness World Record for the largest polar bear dip, a record which at the time was held by a group in Most, Czech ...

After a few years of milder temperatures on New Year's Day, 2026 began with frigid cold, bitter winds, and a dusting of snow ...