Photos: With temperatures hovering around zero degrees, hundreds of people jumped into the cold waters of Goose Lake for the 14th annual Polar Plunge, an event that supports Special Olympics Alaska. (📷: Bob Hallinen Photo)
Dimond High Partners Club members jump into the water during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Goose Lake in Anchorage on Saturday.
Hundreds of intrepid people jumped into the cold waters of Goose Lake on Saturday for the 14th annual Polar Plunge, an event that supports Special Olympics Alaska. Over the course of four hours, jumpers launched themselves into the ice-covered lake under overcast skies in temperatures around zero degrees. Almost 700 people were registered to jump.
A member of the Service High Partners Club sprays water as she jumps into the water during the Polar Plunge Anchorage Fire Department Dive and Water Rescue Team members create a flower while waiting for more jumpers during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge on Saturday. 72-year-old Kent Caron is helped out of the water by an Anchorage firefighter during the Polar Plunge at Goose Lake. Bob Hallinen
Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.
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