A more than 70-year-old San Pedro tradition will return to Cabrillo Beach on New Year’s Day — with folks celebrating 2024’s arrival by splashing in the frigid ocean waves. The annual Polar Bear swim, ...

Even the below-freezing temperatures couldn’t keep 68-year-old swimmer Greg Mortimer from taking a chilly dive Saturday morning. “It was my first time doing a pool plunge, but I have done an ocean ...

One of San Pedro’s oldest and most popular — not to mention coldest — traditions is set to return next week, with swimmers braving the chilly waters of Cabrillo Beach on New Year’s Day. The annual ...

Polar Bear Swim Day, or Polar Bear Plunge Day, is a day each year dedicated to taking a polar bear plunge, where participants enter a cold body of water as part of a challenge or for charity. Although ...

Is there anything better than diving into cold water in the summertime? Polar bears love plunging into refreshing water as well. These Arctic animals enjoy swimming just like humans do, and one zoo ...

After a one-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the annual Polar Bear Swim returns to the City of Santa Monica’s Annenberg Community Beach House on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

For many, the mere thought of donning swimsuits and diving into ice cold water is enough to generate a few goosebumps. But for Bill Oswald and his sons, a dip into Blue Marsh Lake on a 40-degree ...

OLCOTT, N.Y. — Get ready to cold plunge for a good cause next month during Olcott's 55th annual Polar Bear swim. Those interested in taking a cold swim in Lake Ontario can sign up now until the day of ...

Wildlife experts have expressed their alarm after at least nine polar bears were found this week swimming in open water off the coast of Alaska - with one at least 60 miles from the shore. An aerial ...