Participants in the New Year’s Day polar bear dip in Port Angeles run in and out of the chilly water of Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach as onlookers watch from the shore on Monday.
More than 100 dippers took part in the annual ritual, which served as a fundraiser for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County.
Suzi Uri of Sequim, left, and Ted Ripley of Port Angeles, a member of the board of directors for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, float in Port Angeles Harbor at Hollywood Beach during Monday’s New Year’s Day polar bear plunge. Hospice was a recipient of funds raised during the event, which drew more than 100 dippers to the cold water. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ten people enter the cold waters of Lake Pleasant on New Year’s Day near Forks. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
A hardy group of people run into the 47 degree waters of Port Townsend Bay at Fort Worden State Park on Monday in a Polar Bear plunge, a tradition on New Year’s Day. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
