In Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden's documentary, the "Polar Bear Capital of the World" takes center stage. So too does ...

The Oregon Zoo has welcomed a new polar bear. Kallik is a 3-year-old from the Saint Louis Zoo. He explored his new habitat in ...

Finding a suitable winter den can determine whether a bear survives months of cold, deep snow, and food scarcity. For ...

His Greenland explorations won admirers like John Franklin and William Scoresby. But Karl Ludwig Giesecke is best known for ...

Three members of a family, including a child, were injured by a polar bear in a rare attack in the far north of Siberia, Russian officials said Monday. Local police "received a report of a 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 ...

JACKSONPORT, Wis. (WBAY) - What better way to start off the new year than by doing a polar plunge in Door County? The 40 th-annual “Polar Bear Swim” took place at Lakeside Park in Jacksonport, Door ...

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 ...

Thousands of brave divers took to the chilly waters of the Pacific near the Cayucos Pier on New Year’s Day to celebrate the 46th annual Carlin Soulé Memorial Polar Bear Dip. Hosted by the Cayucos ...

The stormy start to 2026 didn't stop people from getting in their shorts and swimsuits and plunging into the ocean at the Avila Beach Polar Bear Plunge. The annual tradition held on New Year's Day is ...

While many opted to welcome 2026 by relaxing at home, some 1,800 courageous souls dipped themselves in frigid Lake Washington on Thursday at Matthews Beach Park for the 23 rd annual Polar Bear Plunge.