Despite delay, Polar Bear Plunge goes off without a hitch in 50-degree weather - Gainesville Times

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Despite delay, Polar Bear Plunge goes off without a hitch in 50-degree weather

From left to right, Jim Yates, Ariana Jeffery, Olivia Nichols, and Izzy Gewin, jump into the lake during the Polar Bear plunge at Lake Lanier on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

02102019 POLAR 001.JPG — From left to right, Jim Yates, Ariana Jeffery, Olivia Nichols, and Izzy Gewin, jump into the lake during the Polar Bear plunge at Lake Lanier on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. - photo by Austin Steele

Tom Diaz showed up to the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club’s annual Polar Bear Plunge Saturday at the Lake Lanier Olympic Park in his normal attire: a full tuxedo with an emperor penguin mask, a top hat and a cane.