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Take the Plunge in the New Year

The annual Matthews Beach Polar Bear Plunge is not for the faint-hearted

By Seattle Mag December 19, 2013

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This article originally appeared in the January 2014 issue of Seattle magazine.

!–paging_filter–pEarn your “cold badge of courage” at the annual Matthews Beach Polar Bear Plunge. Noon. Free. At the corner of 93rd Street and Sand Point Way NE;a href=”http://www.seattle.gov/parks” target=”_blank” seattle.gov/parks/a/p

 

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