Thousands of participants rang in the new year with a cold jump into the water at Coney Island for the 122nd annual Polar Bear Plunge on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.

On New Year’s Day, thousands of people headed to the beaches for Flora-Bama’s 40th annual Polar Bear Dip to ring in 2025. Many participants dressed in crazy costumes before taking the plunge. Some of them told WKRG News 5 that the weather was perfect for taking a quick dip.

: A group of hardy souls make an exuberant leap off a dock during the Polar Bear Plunge Monday, Jan. 1, 2020, at the Point Defiance Marina boat launch. Dozens of participants braved the cold waters, saying the annual event is a way to cleanse the soul,

Hundreds of people took the saying plunge into the new year literally in Pensacola. Read the full story: https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/hundreds-partake-in-polar-bear-plunge-on-pensacola-beach/

About 50 brave souls rang in the new year Wednesday by wading into a chilly creek at Valley View Park. The 15th annual Polar Bear Plunge was a fundraiser for the Pine Creek Trout Nursery.

Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge drew thousands of people to the beach on New Year's Day as participants took a freezing dip to ring in 2025 while

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Hundreds of people jumped into freezing cold water along the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh on New Year's Day, all for a good cause. For hundreds, it's a New Year's Day tradition to take the big jump into the cold Monongahela River.

Strangers volleyed dismissive colloquialisms back and forth as they emerged from the frigid waters of Lake Coeur d’Alene on New Year’s Day, partaking in the annual Polar Bear Plunge. Though trivializing the feeling, hundreds of sets of chattering teeth and cherry-red skin told a different story.

Under the Radar, Prototype, Live Artery, and the Exponential Festival all administer a series of shocks to the system, like polar-bear plunges, but for the mind. The season’s marquee festival, Under the Radar,

Hundreds celebrated New Year’s Day with a Polar Bear plunge in San Pedro. The 73rd Annual Cabrillo Beach Polar Beach Plunge kicked off with the Polar Bear king and queen leading the crowd into the Pacific Ocean.