My Edmonds News photographer Chad Emerson took these photos during the 2011 Polar Bear Plunge festivities New Year’s Day. For a look at Emerson’s entire gallery of photos, visit his Facebook page.
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A brrrr-isk beginning to the New Year in Edmonds
They came, they drank beer and they plunged — participants in the fourth annual Edmonds Polar Bear Plunge, that is — running from the 27-degree air temperature at Brackett’s Landing straight into the 42-degree waters of Puget Sound. (And a few minutes later, heading to Rory’s and Dimitri’s to warm up with more beer and…
Reminder: Take the Polar Bear Plunge in Edmonds Saturday
Here’s your chance to welcome the New Year with the Polar Bear Plunge, which celebrates its fourth year this Saturday at Brackett’s Landing. The festivities start at 11 a.m. at Daphnes, 415 1/2 Main St., where members of the Edmonds Uplift Society begin plunge preparations, highlighted by a 12:30 p.m. Rainier Beer Toast to original…
Edmonds Uplift Society prepared to take the New Year’s Day plunge
What do New Year’s Day, beer, bathrobes and history have in common? Well, if you’re in Edmonds, those are the elements of our town’s own Polar Bear Plunge, which celebrates its fourth year this Saturday at Brackett’s Landing. The festivities start at 11 a.m. at Daphnes, 415 1/2 Main St., where members of the Edmonds…