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HULL — 300 intrepid souls braved the windy surf of Hull on Saturday, Feb. 24, for the Special Olympics Polar Plunge. More than $200,000 was raised to support the Massachusetts nonprofit. All photos by Bill Brett
SOUTH BOSTON — Despite warmer temperatures, the crowd was small for the annual New Year’s Day plunge in South Boston. The ongoing construction at the L Street Bathhouse, the traditional location of the L Street Brownies annual polar plunge, has meant that those taking the plunge have no place to warm up or dry off. The Curley Community Center in South Boston, the formal name of what most people call the L Street Bathhouse, closed…
[Originally posted in 2018] SOUTH BOSTON — The air temperature was about 1 degree above zero when 200 people plunged into Boston Harbor at M Street Beach in South Boston for the annual L Street Brownies New Year’s Day polar swim. Water temperature was 44 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The Jan. 1st swim, one of the country’s oldest such charity events, has been held annually for 115 years. In 2017, about 500…
REPOSTED ON JANUARY 1, 2021: SOUTH BOSTON — Hundreds of intrepid swimmers, many donning costumes, made the leap into Dorchester Bay outside the Curley Community Center on Columbia Road on January 1, 2020, as part of the L Street Brownies’ annual New Year’s Day Plunge. The water off of the L Street and M Street beaches was a balmy 42 degrees for the plunge, according to the National Weather Service. The air temperature was also…
HULL — 400 brave souls participated in the Polar Plunge on February 29, 2020 at Nantasket Beach in Hull to benefit Special Olympics Massachusetts. Our own Bill Brett is becoming a leading authority on the best way to photograph these polar plunge events. All photos by Bill Brett
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