The 2016 Polar Bear Plunge at Matthews Beach (trust us, it was colder than it looks). Sign up and get Seattle's best events delivered to your inbox every week.

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Nearly 8,000 plungers will get freezing for a reason make the run into the Atlantic Ocean on the beach in Seaside Heights near Spicy's at 1 p.m. on a day on a day that will be one of the warmer days ...