Polar Bear Plunge

Check out swimmers taking the icy dip during the 2016 Polar Plunge in Seaside Heights to raise money for Special Olympics New Jersey! Watch the footage now!

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The Somerville school district has been a strong supporter of charitable causes such as the Polar Bear Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics. My wife works for the district as a special education language arts teacher and yes, on February 20th she's taking the plunge.

The parents of a Pennsylvania woman who died after attending an icy-water Polar Bear Plunge at the New Jersey shore have lost their legal case against a hospital and a doctor who pronounced her dead by telephone from miles away.

Tomorrow is the Polar Bear Plunge with Big Joe Henry, so we asked listeners to tell us their most daring adventures.

Tomorrow is the Polar Bear Plunge with Big Joe Henry, so we asked listeners to tell us their most daring adventures.

According to local and state officials, both of the main routes are clear of the activity and interruptions that forced people to spend hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic last February on Route 35.

The time has come to put that bathing suit back on and join thousands of brave souls as they return to Seaside Heights for the 2014 Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics New Jersey on Saturday February 22nd!

If you never made it to the annual NJ Polar Bear Plunge and wondered what it was like to jump in the frigid waters, we have the footage from the 2013 Polar Bear Plunge to show you EXACTLY what it's like.