Dickinson’s Polar Plunge
March 23, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
Ryan Kilwein of Dickinson reacts after diving into a tank of ice-cold water on Saturday afternoon during the inaugural Dickinson Polar Plunge event hosted by Special Olympics North Dakota outside the Dickinson Recreation Center. Continue Reading
Tina Carter of Jamestown had the best costume of the day for the Special Olympics North Dakota Law Enforcement Torch Run Polar Plunge on Saturday outside at the James River Family YMCA parking lot.
Ice swimming. Norwegians, Swedes and Fins do it all the time for no apparent reason. Folks of all ilks banded together on Sunday at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Alexandria to be freezin’ for a reason to support Special Olympics by jumping into the icy-cold waters of Lake Darling.
Temperatures in the low 40s with 15-plus mph wind gusts made Saturday’s sixth annual Jamestown Polar Plunge feel much like the bitter cold of the inaugural plunge.
A bundled-up crowd cheered, cringed and laughed Sunday as hundreds of people plunged into the dang-cold water of Lake Darling during the 2012 Alexandria Polar Plunge.
Group remembers Bakke with a jump into the waterThirteen people took the Polar Plunge in honor of the Polar Bear at the Special Olympics’ popular fundraiser Saturday.
Jumping through a hole in the ice into frigid water doesn’t faze Kathleen Skaalerud of Alexandria even though she is almost 70 years old. 
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