AUSTIN (KXAN) — While some Austinites dipped their toes into 2025, others dove head first as part of the annual Barton Springs Polar Bear Plunge. The polar plunge has been a New Year’s staple ...

It’s home to an assortment of aquatic plants and animals, including the endangered Barton Springs salamander. Longstanding traditions are sacred here. There's the annual Polar Bear Plunge ...

Boy Scouts from all over will be in Pamlico County on Sunday to take part in the annual Polar Bear Plunge. Sarah Gray Barr has more on why the event is held each year.

Saturday was Sophia Newhouse’s third polar plunge at just 11 years old. She said she went the water up to her thighs and decided to come back out — as this year was the coldest plunge yet.

Redmond’s fifth annual Polar Bear Plunge, an event where daring people jump into the frigid waters of Lake Sammamish for the benefit of Special Olympics Washington, is once again set for New ...