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Polar Plunge attracts penguin, others for frosty fun
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Tom Diaz, of Atlanta, climbs from Lake Lanier Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, following his plunge into the cold waters at the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club as he participates in the 20th annual Polar Bear Plunge. - photo by Scott Rogers
“I had a tuxedo and nothing to nothing to do with it,” said Tom Diaz, shivering and pale as his tux was dripping with water in the below-freezing air. “What else am I going to do with a tuxedo?” Jump in a lake dressed as an emperor penguin, of course.