In the past, both Arctic explorers and local Inuit have occasionally fallen prey to polar bears. Even today, attacks and even deaths are not unknown. More often, though, polar bear-human interactions ...

The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Wisconsin will return to Wausau on Feb. 19. This year's event will use a new mobile plunge unit, a large bin filled with water, at Thom Field. Wausau previously ...

On New Year’s Eve morning in Montreal, Mark Nikiforov sawed a hole into the thick sheet of ice capping the St. Lawrence River, preparing to plunge inside. With temperatures hovering around -13 C — ...

Spring-like weather experienced by many Americans to end, while heavy snow in Japan brings deadly conditions A week of extremes in the US as Arctic air plunges southwards across many states, sweeping ...

SINGAPORE: Ask any Singaporean to name the brand behind sugar rolls, chicken pies and curry puffs, and the answer comes without hesitation – Polar. Of the three, Polar's most iconic product is the ...

New Mexico hasn’t quite embraced winter yet, temperature-wise at least. But that won’t make the 2026 Polar Plunge any less cool. Or dive into one of these other events. Got an event we should know ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polar bears can smell a seal 20 miles away, and half a mile away if their prey is underneath ice. Photograph by James Stone; Getty ...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – More than 1,000 people ushered in 2026 by jumping into some really cold water at Jacksonville Beach for the 37 th annual Polar Plunge on Thursday morning. One of the people ...