{"id":486765,"date":"2026-01-02T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486765\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T09:17:08","slug":"brrr-birch-bay-tries-to-set-world-record-for-largest-polar-bear-dip-kiro-7-news-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/486765\/","title":{"rendered":"Brrr! Birch Bay tries to set world record for largest Polar Bear Dip \u2013 KIRO 7 News Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">BIRCH BAY, Wash.  \u2014 Thousands of people in Birch Bay are braving the cold on Thursday and trying to set a world record. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce, Blaine Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2, and Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism are trying to set a record for the largest Polar Bear Dip in the world. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/birchbaywa.org\/birch-bay-polar-bear-plunge\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/birchbaywa.org\/birch-bay-polar-bear-plunge\/\">The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS\u2122 attempt<\/a> is happening at noon on New Year\u2019s Day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">Over the weekend, the previous record held by Most, Czech Republic, with 2,461 participants \u2014was officially broken in Norway by a group of very brave and very cold plungers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The new record to beat is now 3,134 participants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">\u201cSure, the bar has been raised \u2013 but that only makes the challenge more exciting. Birch Bay isn\u2019t aiming for \u201cpretty good,\u201d the goal is legendary,\u201d a release from the chamber of commerce stated. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">This will be Birch Bay\u2019s 43rd Annual Polar Bear Plunge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">Here are the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS\u2122 Guidelines that participants need to follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear a swimming suit &amp; shoes<\/li>\n<li>No costumes, wetsuits, or drysuits<\/li>\n<li>Enter the water when directed<\/li>\n<li>Remain waist-deep in the water for 60 seconds<\/li>\n<li>Exit the water when directed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph\">The record still needs to be counted, and results will be released in the coming days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gdrPeS body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BIRCH BAY, Wash. \u2014 Thousands of people in Birch Bay are braving the cold on Thursday and trying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":486766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[219844,219840,746,219843,219845,38935,425,215865,50,159,219842,219841,67,132,68,989],"class_list":{"0":"post-486765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-birch","9":"tag-birch_bay","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-guinness_world_record","12":"tag-guinness_world_records","13":"tag-happy","14":"tag-local","15":"tag-new_year","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-tide_flats","19":"tag-tyler_unwin","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-video"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115824757517262877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}