Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.

Cold temperatures didn’t stop a huge crowd from participating in the 122nd Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge.

Daniela Whittier of Havre de Grace, left, and Natasha Marshall of Baltimore plunge together in their Elsa outfits from the movie Frozen during the 2023 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at ...

The Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Maryland is coming up. Jennifer Franciotti has a conversation with a Special Olympics athlete to talk about the importance of ...

Everyone has their own New Year traditions, but if you're looking to add diving into frigid, icy water to yours, here are the five best places to do so.

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.

More than 7,500 people participated in the 30th annual Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside Heights, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Lustgarten’s group – the Coney Island Polar Bear Club – hosted the first winter water plunge in the United States on New Year’s Day in 1903.

Before there was a Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day in Milwaukee, there was the Milwaukee Polar Bear Club. And its members didn't just dive into frigid Lake Michigan on the first day of the ...

Daniela Whittier of Havre de Grace, left, and Natasha Marshall of Baltimore plunge together in their Elsa outfits from the movie Frozen during the 2023 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at ...

Here's how to donate to the 2023 Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge benefitting Special Olympics Maryland!