By Ron MacArthur for Cape Gazette
More than 3,200 participants in the 31st annual Polar Bear Plunge to benefit Special Olympics Delaware joined forces to raise more than $1 million, which is close to the record amount set two years ago.
This year’s event on Feb. 6 in Rehoboth Beach had two options – an actual jump into the Atlantic Ocean or staging virtual plunges.
The 3,244 polar bears braved a water temperature of 37 degrees and an air temperature of 32 degrees. The coldest plunge on record occurred in 1995 with wind chills of 25 degrees below zero.
