The Polar Bear Swim is a no-judgment zone with all ages and abilities welcome. Participants can choose to dip their toes in the ocean, take a quick plunge, or go for the 300-yard swim around the buoy.

The habitat’s popular kids’ pool is officially open for the season, offering visitors a rare and thrilling experience: the ...

Some studies have found that 75% of polar bears swim daily from May to July. Mothers with new cubs spend less time in the water until mid-summer, as the cubs are more vulnerable to hypothermia.

The polar bears faced no repercussions for the attack. A police spokesperson in 2009 told Der Spiegel: "The woman jumped in ...

The annual Polar Bear swim, which dates back seven decades, will take place on Sunday, Jan. 1, after being canceled the previous two years, first because of the coronavirus pandemic and then ...

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.

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

In a campus-wide email on Feb. 6, the Winter Carnival Council announced that the polar bear swim will be canceled for the 2024 Winter Carnival weekend. According to the email, the cancellation comes ...

Some studies have found that 75% of polar bears swim daily from May to July. Mothers with new cubs spend less time in the water until mid-summer, as the cubs are more vulnerable to hypothermia.