Polar Plunging and Peaceful Partying

Mount Desert Island Welcomes 2025 Carrie Jones Jan 01, 2025 Share The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by First National Bank. BERNARD—”Crazy!” one of the fifty or so people gathered at Lopaus Point Road as the rain pelted down and the cold ocean waited swathed in fog and gray. This was it. They were headed in, ready for a polar plunge into frigid waters. “This … Continue reading Polar Plunging and Peaceful Partying

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Nobody Was In Hot Water at New Year’s Day Polar Plunge

Annual event lures dozens into the Atlantic CARRIE JONES JAN 2, 2024 Share SAND BEACH—Here’s how it happens: People congregate in an area. They say hello. They shiver, maybe. They talk to each other, maybe, or just contemplate what they are about to do. Some sit on towels. Some stay standing. A moment passes. Another. Then, they start stripping off their clothes until they’re no … Continue reading Nobody Was In Hot Water at New Year’s Day Polar Plunge

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