Polar Bear Dunk

Polar Bear Dunks are popular here in winter. This young lady was taking her own Polar Bear Dunk. I saw her walking in a bathrobe barefooted and watched her get ready to dive in. What surprised me the most is that people didn't even stop to look. This young lady in the hat didn't even look until my last shot.

[Mags]

Wow! It must be common if they didn't look until the last of it.

[Jane Pittenger]

Brrrr

[winghong_ho]

The water must be very cold.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[LManning (Laura)]

Yikes! I definitely would not try it.

[Shutterbug]

I definitely wouldn’t try that. Hope those people are with her.

[Milanie]

Got to be one tough girl!

[Diana]

I could never go into cold water like that, 24 degrees in my minimum ;-)

[Issi Bannerman]

They're probably well used to seeing it. I would always look though - in utter amazement!

[Bill Davidson]

Far too cold for me! There are several groups of wild swimmers near here, one imaginatively called the ‘Menstrual Mermaids’!

[Casablanca]

Oh my word! Crazy souls!

[Pam]

Brrrrrr!

[Renee Salamon]

Oohhhh that’s absolutely crazy and very brave

[Bucktree]

Nice capture. Brrrr! Not my cup of tea.

[Merrelyn]

No thanks!

[Harry J Benson]

Wow, it must be cold

[Fisher Family]

Now that is a brave soul taking to the water! It seems to have become a popular thing to take to the sea on New Years Day, with a large group at Scarborough on the east coast, and in at least two resorts on the Isle of Man.

Ian

[carol white]

Looks very chilly

[Judith Johnson]

Very brave!

[Maggiemae]

I have a friend who does this all year round -- they call themselves 'the dippers'! I think she's crazy!

[haskar]

It is a popular phenomenon with us. All you need is a hat, gloves and socks.