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

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People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets. People ...

Get ready, New York, as one of the city’s most beloved events enters its 123rd year. Registration for the 2026 Coney Island ...

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge broke all previous records for attendance and fundraising on Jan. 1 after 6,000 brave New Yorkers stormed the beaches, raising $136,000 to ...

Every Sunday morning between October and April, Jarred Lustgarten races into the Atlantic Ocean with about 60 of his closest friends to swim in frigid water. Some stay in for three minutes; others ...

Amy Detwiler didn’t just run into the cold waters of the St. Joseph River on Sunday afternoon. The Fort Wayne resident ran in dressed in a full-body green squid costume that had dangling tentacles and ...

CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Thousands of people took part in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear plunge on Sunday, dipping into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean for a good cause. The Coney ...

Before there was a Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day in Milwaukee, there was the Milwaukee Polar Bear Club. And its members didn't just dive into frigid Lake Michigan on the first day of the 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 ...

While most of us drink and dance and make regrettable decisions, members of the Polar Bear Club all over the world ring in the new year with a life-affirming plunge into icy ocean water. And that ...