Dozens took the polar bear plunge at Steers Beach in Northport in support of the Northport Food Pantry. The annual New Year’s Day fundraiser is sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 410 and the Northport Fire Department Smoke Eaters.
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Polar Bear Plunge raises funds in Connellsville
The Connellsville Polar Bears celebrated their 10th year of taking a dip in the frigid Youghiogheny River. The annual event on New Year’s Day raises money for the Connellsville Area Community Ministries food bank.
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U.S. Navy Air Rescue Swimmers ‘Trained to Save’
“The intense training required to be a Navy Air Rescue Swimmer is second to none. When you see the kind of real-life rescue missions they pull off, you’ll understand why.”
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CKPG segment on Annual Polar Bear Swim
“Crazy…brave….or both? You’d have to at least one of those things to willingly dunk in a frigid lake in the middle of Northern BC winter. But yesterday, dozens of people did to ring in the new year with the annual polar bear swim.”
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Jacksonport Polar Plungers swim in record low temperatures
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The Polar Plunge in Jacksonport set a record New Year’s Day 2014.
“It’s probably the coldest and thus the most rewarding when we’re finished,†said Jacksonport Polar Bear Club founder J.R. Jarosh.
Not for the number of swimmers, but for the coldest temperature for the swim in the club’s 28-year history.
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Mark Foster and scantily-clad models brave freezing weather to promote #Tanuary sale
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Swimmer Mark Foster led a team of swimwear-clad models through freezing cold town centres as part of a Virgin Holidays’Â #Tanuary holiday sale.
The tanned bodies were on show for bargain-hunting shoppers to admire on London’s Oxford Street as well as in Glasgow and Manchester.
The holiday company is promoting responsible tanning – having set up a partnership with leading sun safety charity ‘SKCIN’ – as it seeks to get people booking their summer hols early.
Today I launched @VHols_Press @virginholidays #Tanuary sale & responsible tanning. Get your 2014 glow safely… pic.twitter.com/Xro43NXtFn
— Mark Foster (@MarkFosterSwim) January 2, 2014
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Hundreds of swimmers brave the cold in Dunkirk
Between 400 and 500 people began the new year in the northern French city of Dunkirk by braving the cold and jumping into the sea.
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Fox 13 reports on New Years Day Swim in the Great Salt Lake
Wasatch Front Polar Bear Club swims in the Great Salt Lake on New Years Day 2014.
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Polar Bear Swims 2014
Yeah, let’s start collecting again, like after Christmas
- Achill New Year’s Day Swim 2014
- Bowen Island Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Broadstair’s New Year’s Day Swim 2014
- Channahon Polar Plunge 2014
- Charlestown Polar Plunge 2014
- Coeur d’Alene Polar Bear Plunge 2014 (aerial view)
- Coney Island Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Coney Island Polar Bear Swim 2014 (2)
- Cowichan Bay Polar Bear Swim 2014
- English Bay – Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2014
- English Bay – Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2014 (2)
- English Bay – Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2014 (3)
- English Bay – Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2014 (4)
- English Bay – Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2015 (5)
- English Bay – Vancouver Polar Bear Swim 2014 (aerial view)
- Flathead Lake Polar Plunge 2014
- Gibsons Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Hornby Island Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Hunt Polar Bear Challenge 2014
- Kendallville Polar Bear Swim 2014
- La Jolla Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Lake Erie Polar Plunge 2014
- Lake George Polar Plunge 2014
- Lake Ontario Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Lyme Regis New Year’s Day Swim 2014
- Mahoney’s Beach Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Matthews Beach Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Montville Valhalla Polar Plunge 2014
- Newport Polar Plunge 2014 (aerial view)
- Oakville Polar Plunge 2014
- Ocean City Penguin Swim 2014
- One Mile – Chico Polar Bear Swim 2014
- One Mile – Chico Polar Bear Swim 2014 (2)
- Patterson Lake Polar Plunge 2014
- Peachland Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Port Angeles Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Rathmullan New Year’s Day Swim 2014
- Salt Spring Island New Year’s Day Swim 2014
- Saratoga Beach Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Saundersfoot New Year’s Day Swim 2014
- Shawano Polar Plunge 2014
- Sheboygan Polar Bear Plunge 2014
- Sturgeon Bay Bi-Polar Plunge 2014
- Thetis Lake Victoria Polar Bear Swim 2014Â
- Virginia Beach Polar Plunge 2014
- Wessagusett Beach Polar Plunge 2014
- White Rock Polar Bear Swim 2014
- Zandvoort (NED) Polar Bear Plunge 2014
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