Atlantic City Polar Bear Club

[Willit Run]

Well, today at noon the AC Polar Bear Club did their annual Plunge into the Atlantic. At the time it was about 24 degrees with a wind chill factor of 17 degrees.

[BigTruck]

 Talk about "shrinkage"

[a1]

I just saw this one the news. I say this is crazy.

[DaveSims]

Thats not a polar bear, there's no ice!  Here we have to use equipment to make a hole in the ice for the people to get in the water.

[Wii]

I like the santa guy there.

[pepper_airborne]

We Dutch people like to do this kind off stuff every year on january the first, its called the new year's dive. I kinda think those people are nutters too, but i might give it a go next year.q

[Omag 2.0]

I see they are as nuts as over on this side of the pond...  ;D

Great shots in awesome light!

[lunitic_8]

some of  tthose guys need to put a shirt on, gross..

[skoker]

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[Steve M]

There would have to be an angry Polar bear chasing me to get me in that ice water.    [smiley=bath.gif]

[Brando14100]

I like the santa guy there.

Yeah what is that?  ;D

8-)

[beaky]

 Talk about "shrinkage"

SHRINKAGE?!?  You mean emplosion!

It'd be an "innie".

Great stuff- I once witnessed the Coney Island chapter doing this; I happened to be walking on the beach on a very, very cold New Year's day and all these half-naked lunatics bolted out of their clubhouse into the surf.  
One of these days I'd like to join them- must be very refreshing!

[BigTruck]

In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, they have to cut a hole in Lake Superior for these nut-jobs to jump into...me?  Hell NO!!!!

[Willit Run]

I keep thinking how bad could it be for a minute and maybe I'll try next year.  Then the brain cells I have left say "Oh, no you won't".