Plunging into the New Year

Jan 2, 2015

Plunging into the New Year

Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment Case of the Fridays, World 2015, New Year's, new years swim, polar bear swim

People across the globe, from Lake Balaton in Budapest to Herring Cove in Nova Scotia, plunged into chilly waters to mark the New Year.

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People celebrate with glasses of champagne in the cold water of Lake Geneva during the traditional New Year’s swim, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Around 70 swimmers took part in the 21st edition of the traditional bath to mark the New Year. (Keystone, Martial Trezzini/AP Photo)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People embrace after participating in a New Years day swim in Lake Geneva in Geneva on January 1, 2015. Around 50 swimmers took part in the 21st edition of the traditional dip to mark the New Year. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

: Harper Rentz, from left to right, Whittney Clark and Ali Carden celebrate their swim as they come out of the water, during the Decatur Polar Bear Club’s annual Polar Bear Plunge Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, at Riverwalk Marina in Decatur, Ala. The air temperature at the time of the event was 47 degrees. (Gary Cosby Jr/AP Photo/The Decatur Daily)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: Swimmers take a dip in the icy waters of Lake Windermere during a charity swim to welcome in the New Year at Lake Windermere on January 1, 2015 in Windermere, England. The swim, organized by Sleekerswim, saw novice and veteran wild water swimmers plunge into the lake during heavy rain and high winds to raise cash for charity and welcome 2015. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: A woman wearing water wings inflatable arm floats welcomes the new year as she leaps from the government wharf into the frigid North Atlantic in the annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim in Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)

: People run into the chilly water of Lake Balaton during the fourth annual New Year’s swim in Szigliget, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Gyorgy Varga/AP Photo/MTI)

: Several hundred people take part in the traditional New Year’s swim on the island of Norderney in the North Sea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/dpa)

: Participants run towards the North Sea during the traditional New Year’s Dive to celebrate New Year 2015 on the beach in Scheveningen, on January 1, 2015. The New Year’s dive was held for the fiftieth time in Scheveningen. (Bram Van Der Biezen/AFP/ANP/Getty Images)

: A man dives from a platform into the lake during a New Years day swim in Lake Geneva in Geneva on January 1, 2015. Around 50 swimmers took part in the 21st edition of the traditional dip to mark the New Year. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

: Swimmers take a dip in the icy waters of Lake Windermere during a charity swim to welcome in the New Year at Lake Windermere on January 1, 2015 in Windermere, England. The swim, organized by Sleekerswim, saw novice and veteran wild water swimmers plunge into the lake during heavy rain and high winds to raise cash for charity and welcome 2015. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: A woman plugs her nose as she leaps from the government wharf into the frigid North Atlantic in the annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim in Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)

: Swimmers take a dip in the icy waters of Lake Windermere during a charity swim to welcome in the New Year at Lake Windermere on January 1, 2015 in Windermere, England. The swim, organized by Sleekerswim, saw novice and veteran wild water swimmers plunge into the lake during heavy rain and high winds to raise cash for charity and welcome 2015. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

: Enthusiasts from the long-established swimming club, Les Ours Blancs (The Polar Bears), pose for the camera as they drink champagne during an annual New Year’s celebration swim in Biarritz, southwestern France, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Bob Edme/AP Photo)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: People participate in the traditional New Years dip in the sea at Malo-Les-Bains near Dunkirk on January 1, 2015. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: Ernie Ross, 80, welcomes the new year as he leaps from the government wharf into the frigid North Atlantic in the annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim in Herring Cove, Nova Scotia, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)

: Enthusiasts from the long-established swimming club, Les Ours Blancs (The Polar Bears), pose for the camera as they drink champagne during an annual New Year’s celebration swim in Biarritz, southwestern France, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Bob Edme/AP Photo)

: People run into the chilly water of Lake Balaton during the fourth annual New Year’s swim in Szigliget, 164 kms southwest of Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Gyorgy Varga/AP Photo/MTI)

: A man wearing a Batman suit and a tutu leaps from the government wharf into the frigid North Atlantic in the annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim in Herring Cove, N.S. on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)

: People celebrate with glasses of champagne in the cold water of Lake Geneva during the traditional New Year’s swim, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Around 70 swimmers took part in the 21st edition of the traditional bath to mark the New Year. (Keystone, Martial Trezzini/AP Photo)

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