One of Vancouver's favourite New Year's Day traditions — the annual Polar Bear Swim — was celebrated by thousands again on Wednesday, in an event that has now spread across the world.

However, the frigid liquid you dip into for a polar bear plunge is ... and even less of them swim." Though Vancouver claims to be the reason the polar plunge became a New Year's tradition, it ...

The annual Polar Bear Swim drew hundreds, as usual, for the bracing, rejuvenating dip into the sea at Cabrillo Beach. The tradition goes back more than 70 years and includes the ceremonial ...

While some plan to sleep off their New ... the New Years Day Polar plunge at Monument Beach in 2019. Join Provincetown on the first day of 2025 for its seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge at 11 ...

Thousands of people started their new year with a dip in the ocean at the 45 th annual Cayucos Polar Bear Dip. Wearing various costumes, people sprinted into the waves as the clock struck noon.