Participants will be able to start taking the plunge at 1 PM. If you’re hoping to register last minute, there will be a registration period from 10 AM to 12 PM. File photo of Polar Bear Dip© WWNY ...

A mermaid takes the annual polar bear plunge at Brooklyn's Coney Island beach last year. More people take cold plunges on a regular basis for health benefits, but hype outpaces research for now.

Hundreds take Polar Bear Plunge into Monongahela River PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Hundreds of people jumped into freezing cold water along the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh on New Year's Day, all for ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- What better way to jump into the new year than a dip in Lake Michigan. Hundreds of people woke up on New Year's Day to brave the 26th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge ...

A mermaid takes the annual polar bear plunge at Brooklyn's Coney Island beach last year. More people are cold plunging on a regular basis for health benefits, but hype outpaces research for now.

This photo provided by Andy Golub shows a nude model in a see-through poncho poses with her umbrella in the rain and cold during the Polar Bear Paint body-painting event in New York City's Times ...

The Pittsburgh Polar Bear Club organized the jump from the landing of the Mon Wharf and those who were brave enough to bear the winter water prepared for the prickly skin around 8:30 on Wednesday ...