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.

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

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.

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.

The city of Copperas Cove Parks and Recreation Department is hosting the 2025 Polar Bear 5K and Plunge Jan. 18.

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear Club since 1903, dippers braced temperatures in the high 30s and low 40s F, with wind.

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,