Shivering students and loud music filled West College Street on Saturday, Jan. 17 as the annual Polar Bear day party rang in the new semester in below-freezing temperatures.  Polar Bear, the annual ...

A powerful winter storm that caused significant disruption to parts of Hungary on Wednesday (January 7) meant polar bears could play in their first-ever snow at Nyiregyhaza's animal park. Trump pulls ...

More than five hundred brave souls rang in the new year by plunging into the icy waters of Lake Ontario during Oakville’s beloved annual Polar Bear Dip. There is no better way to begin the New Year ...

Thousands of New Yorkers braved the cold weather and water to plunge into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday as part of the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. Hosted by the Coney Island Polar Bear ...

The new year arrived windy and freezing in Brooklyn, but bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. After a few years of ...

COCHRANE - A polar bear turning 16 may not come with a driver’s licence in the wild, but at the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat, staff leaned into the milestone. Ganuk, one of the habitat’s resident polar ...

Say what you want, Brad Davis knows how to dress for an occasion even if that event is a plunge into Lake Erie in January. Say what you want, Brad Davis knows how to dress for an occasion even if that ...

Out with the old, in with the cold! Thousands of thrill-seekers brrr-aved frigid 27-degree weather to kick off the New Year with an icy splash at Coney Island’s annual polar plunge Thursday. Some ...

Thousands of people went to Coronation Park to jump into Lake Ontario for charity on Jan. 1, 2026 (Roger Collins/CHCH News). Share this story... Thousands of people turned out to Coronation Park in ...

It’s 11 a.m. on the first morning of 2026 in Birch Bay, Washington. There’s a sharp chill in the air. Driving down Birch Bay Drive, sporadic groups of people wrapped in towels, robes and sweatshirt ...

BIRCH BAY — Thousands of community members from across the region, and some from across the country, crowded the Birch Bay waterfront on New Year’s Day to take part in a potentially world ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- The 27th annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge took place in frigid weather Thursday morning: It's a New Year's Day tradition. The annual event is a benefit to fund recreational ...