{"id":304,"date":"2018-04-04T22:49:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T22:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2024-04-25T20:42:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:42:03","slug":"polar-plunge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/student-traditions\/polar-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:85% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.04.35-PM-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1636 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.04.35-PM-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.04.35-PM-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.04.35-PM-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.04.35-PM-1260x775.png 1260w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.04.35-PM.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once known as the &#8220;Polar Bear Swim&#8221; the Polar Plunge is recent tradition in George Fox history. The polar plunge is a shocking yet exhilarating event.\u00a0\u00a0Originating in 1999, students would go to lake Trillium to swim in the freezing waters. After completing the freezing swim, students are gifted a free sweatshirt! In addition to the sweatshirt, s\u2019mores, hot cocoa, and many other snacks are provided next to a large fire.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FUN FACTS ABOUT THE POLAR PLUNGE:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally taking place in December, the Polar Plunge now typically takes place in late January or early February. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students are required to go underwater in order to officially complete the swim and win the sweatshirt. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the year, this tradition is known as either the Polar Plunge or the Polar Bear Swim. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t be afraid! Even if you\u2019re not a great swimmer, the water is only deep enough that most people can touch and walk if needed (although most prefer to swim as fast as possible in order to finish quickly). \u00a0Two lifeguards are also on duty at all times!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"898\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.03.45-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1637\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.03.45-PM.png 898w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.03.45-PM-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-13-at-10.03.45-PM-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Once known as the &#8220;Polar Bear Swim&#8221; the Polar Plunge is recent tradition in George Fox history. The polar plunge is a shocking yet exhilarating event.\u00a0\u00a0Originating in 1999, students would go to lake Trillium to swim in the freezing waters. After completing the freezing swim, students are gifted a free sweatshirt! In addition to&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/student-traditions\/polar-plunge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Polar Plunge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-304","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2445,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions\/2445"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}