Brave individuals looking to be "freezin' for a reason" will plunge into Big Bear Lake at noon on Saturday, March 29 to raise ...

BIG BEAR LAKE, in March, can be cold. Quite cold, in fact, the sort of throw-on-another-few-layers kind of cold, a chilliness ...

Special Olympics supporters who prefer to stay out of the water can register as “Chickens” and receive “I’m too Chicken to ...

The polar bears pass through Churchill, Manitoba, hoping to catch a ride out of the tiny town on Hudson Bay's sea ice. After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen ...

Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...

Can you explain what happens to the body and organ systems during a polar plunge or ice bath? The cold water plunge causes a sudden and significant increase in heart rate, breathing and blood ...

After a week of frigid weather, participants in Sunday’s Fox Lake Polar Plunge for Special Olympics ... Feldman said the ice was too think to use Nippersink Lake as planned.

The Olcott Lions Club has hosted the annual Polar Bear Swim for Sight for over 56-years now. "Swimmers and spectators come together to spend a day enjoying the beauty of the southern shores of ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the ...