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Greeting 2022 With Polar Plunge on New Year’s Day

Pre-plunge pose for posterity.
Albert O. Fischer
Pre-plunge pose for posterity.
Albert O. Fischer
The water is approximately 43 degrees.
Albert O. Fischer
The water is approximately 43 degrees.
Albert O. Fischer
Inkwell Beach was the scene of annual polar plunge on New Year's Day.
Albert O. Fischer
Inkwell Beach was the scene of annual polar plunge on New Year's Day.
Albert O. Fischer
C'mon in, the water's fine!
Albert O. Fischer
C'mon in, the water's fine!
Albert O. Fischer
And just as quickly, they're out.
Albert O. Fischer
And just as quickly, they're out.
Albert O. Fischer
A bracing way to start the new year.
Albert O. Fischer
A bracing way to start the new year.
Albert O. Fischer

It was balmy (for January) temperature-wise when a hardy group of people took a polar plunge into Nantucket Sound at Inkwell Beach to celebrate the New Year.



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