As part of Ujima’s “Healing the Healers” activation, 70+ people gathered on Inkwell Beach with the iconic Polar Bears to take part in a decades-old ritual.

The Coney Island Polar Bear Club announced this week that its annual New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge raised more than $60,000, benefiting seven local Coney Island non-profits. The event, hosted in ...

Pond skimming, sprinting in heels—these annual adventures range from death-defying to mundane.

Polar Bear Jacobi Allen hits the water during Saturday’s Polar Plunge. His father, Richard Allen, said that Jacobi participated in Special Olympics events last year, taking home the gold medal ...

"The Polar Bear Plunge marks the official start of the New Year in Coney Island and is a fun event, even for those not brave enough to take the plunge. We appreciate all the support from ...

She was actually one of many jumpers there for the first annual Polar Bear Plunge. People of all ages and manners of dress came to start the year off with a splash, and the event is coming back ...

ROAMING SHORES — People gathered at the RomeRock Association Clubhouse for the 20th annual Polar Bear Plunge Saturday afternoon. The event raises funds for the Pymatuning Valley, Grand Valley ...

There is a free barbecue lunch for participants, and spectators have the option to purchase lunch tickets. The Big Bear Lake Polar Plunge is at Veterans Park, 40870 Big Bear Blvd., Big Bear Lake.

When not hunting, polar bears rest as much as 20 hours a day. The San Diego Zoo received its first polar bear in the summer of 1917. They are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

SEA ISLE CITY - Tracy Hottenstein's parents filed a federal lawsuit this week blaming the resort's Polar Bear Plunge for her 2009 death from hypothermia. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court ...