Jan. 2 (UPI) --A Washington city may have broken a Guinness World Record by gathering nearly 5,000 people to take a "polar bear dip" into frigid water at the same time. The Birch Bay Chamber of ...

OF THEM ABOUT THIS TRADITION. FOR SOME, IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR. JUMPING INTO THE MONONGAHELA RIVER FOR THE POLAR PLUNGE. AND REALLY, SOME HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. OTHERS, IT’S ...

Thousands of brave divers took to the chilly waters of the Pacific near the Cayucos Pier on New Year’s Day to celebrate the 46th annual Carlin Soulé Memorial Polar Bear Dip. Hosted by the Cayucos ...

SAYS THE STEAKHOUSE WILL REOPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WELL, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STARTED THE NEW YEAR IN A VERY COLD WAY BY JUMPING INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. >> I THINK YOU WERE THERE MAYBE 12 NEWS KENDALL ...

Hundreds of people took the polar plunge at Milwaukee's lakefront. A Milwaukee alderman joined in the annual tradition at Bradford Beach. MFD paramedics were in the water in case anyone needed help.

STRATFORD — Plungers braved the cold, wind and frigid Long Island Sound to benefit Make-A-Wish Connecticut on New Year's Day. The Surfside Hotel and Little Pub held its 6th annual New Year's Day Polar ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

The Jacksonville Beach Polar Plunge is an annual New Year's Day tradition where participants run into the Atlantic Ocean. The 2026 event will take place at 9 a.m. on January 1 near the Seawalk ...

For over 45 years, the people of Austin have gathered in the early morning hours of New Years Day, no matter their state of sleep deprived or hungover from the night before, to jump into the steaming, ...

Brian May gifted Queen fans this week by unearthing the band’s unreleased Christmas song “Not for Sale (Polar Bear).” The guitarist shared the track during the year-end episode of his Planet Rock ...

"It's just nice to know that the bears are looking out for each other," said Evan Richardson, one of the researchers A mother polar bear in Northern Canada appears to have "adopted" a cub that is not ...