For a certain set of New Yorkers, New Year’s Day involves wading into the icy Atlantic Ocean for an annual polar bear plunge. But for a small, dedicated group of local dippers, confronting the cold ...

Since 1903, the club has been hosting a public New Year’s Day Plunge for all brave souls to welcome in the New Year.

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- With ongoing concerns regarding mass gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced their decision to cancel what would have been ...

They do it at spas and in physical therapy. They do it in tanks and in the Sound. Cold plunging — where people immerse themselves in icy cold water — is a thing. A big thing. And it doesn’t get any ...

WITH PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER DAN HARRIS. CLOSE TO 30 YEARS AGO, A HANDFUL OF STATE TROOPERS DREAMT UP A WILD IDEA TO RAISE MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS MARYLAND. THEY JUMPED INTO THE ICY WATERS OF ...