International Polar Bear Day is an annual event celebrated every ... polar bears may be forced to swim longer distances between ice floes or to reach land. Prolonged swims can lead to exhaustion ...

A March-time polar bear plunge is not only a freezing dip for a good cause, it’s also a signal that spring is almost upon us. Each year, hundreds of people line up along the shoars of Olcott ...

Join Provincetown on the first day of 2025 for its seventh annual Polar Bear Plunge at 11 a.m., at the 14 Johnson St. parking lot, Provincetown. Festivities also include DJ Chris Racine.

At 2:30 p.m. today, more than 2,000 people will sprint into English Bay for the 96th annual Vancouver Polar Bear Swim ... the 46th annual New Year's Day swim. Then at noon, they'll jump ...

THEY HAVE TO SWIM GREAT DISTANCES BETWEEN ICE FLOATS ... With any luck, the zoo could one day get a baby polar bear. Bo, 6, arrived at the Louisville Zoo last year as a breeding partner for ...