Taking the plunge: New Year’s Day dips

Jan 1, 2017

Taking the plunge: New Year’s Day dips

Christina Tkacik 0 Comment Travel, World new year's day

For most of us, New Year’s Day is about sleeping off hangovers and making resolutions to be broken by 5 pm. But for a select few people around the world, it’s about going for a swim.

: SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND – JANUARY 01: Members of the public dressed as a banana and a strawberry splash around in the water as they join around 1,000 New Year swimmers, many in costume, in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim in the River Forth on January 1, 2017 in South Queensferry, Scotland. Tens of thousands of people gathered last night in Edinburgh and other events across Scotland to see in the New Year at Hogmanay celebrations. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: People run down the beach during the traditional New Year’s dive (Nieuwjaarsduik) into the North Sea, in Oostende, on January 1, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Belga / KURT DESPLENTER)

: NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 01: Swimmers run into the ocean during Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day Plunge on January 01, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

: NEW YORK – JANUARY 01: A swimmer exits the ocean during Coney Island Polar Bear Club’s New Year’s Day Plunge on January 01, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

: Participants take part in the annual New Year’s Day “Loony Dook” swim, in the Firth of Forth, in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, on January 1, 2017. Every year people brave the River Forth, near the Forth Bridge, on New Year’s Day to see in the New Year and raise money for charity. (AFP PHOTO / Andy Buchanan)

: Participants take part in the annual New Year’s Day “Loony Dook” swim, in the Firth of Forth, in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, on January 1, 2017. Every year people brave the River Forth, near the Forth Bridge, on New Year’s Day to see in the New Year and raise money for charity. (AFP PHOTO / Andy Buchanan)

: Swimmers of the association “Berliner Seehunde” (Berlin Seals) pose for a picture during the traditional New Year’s swimming event on January 1, 2017 in the cold water of lake Orankesee in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Jorg Carstensen)

: Courageous participants get into the cold water during the traditional New Year’s swimming event on January 1, 2017 on Norderney island, northern Germany. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Sabine Sykora)

: Disguised people enjoy the New Year’s swim on January 01, 2017 in Boltenhagen. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Jens Buttner)

: A disguised person enjoys the New Year’s swim on January 01, 2017 in Boltenhagen. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Jens Buttner)

: Swimmers participate in the traditional New Year day swim as part of the celebrations of the New Year at the Ostia Lido, Rome’s seashore on January 1, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Alberto PIZZOLI)

: SOUTH QUEENSFERRY, SCOTLAND – JANUARY 01: Members of the public wearing fancy dress in the water as they join around 1,000 New Year swimmers, many in costume, in front of the Forth Rail Bridge during the annual Loony Dook Swim in the River Forth on January 1, 2017 in South Queensferry, Scotland. Tens of thousands of people gathered last night in Edinburgh and other events across Scotland to see in the New Year at Hogmanay celebrations. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

: People take part a traditional New Year’s swim in the Adriatic sea in Portoroz, Slovenia, on January 1, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Jure MAKOVEC)

: Courageous participants run into the four degree Celsius (39 F) cold North Sea during a New Year’s swim on the island of Norderney, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (Sabine Sykora/dpa via AP)

: Winter swimmers from the ‘Berliner Seehunde’ club go for a New Year’s swim in lake Orankesee at temperatures around 1 degree Celsius (33,8 F) in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (Joerg Carstensen/dpa via AP)

: Winter swimming fans welcome the New Year in the icy waters of the Zalew Zegrzynski lake in Nieporet, Poland, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

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