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Mandatory Milwaukee: Thinking about doing the Polar Bear Plunge and then finally doing it

Matt Wild
January 2, 2023
Some Milwaukee things come and go, while some Milwaukee things become iconic. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. This week: finally doing the Polar Bear Plunge!Near the end of 2021, I wrote about ...

Witnessing the coldest Polar Plunge in more than 40 years (because I was too scared to actually do it)

Lauren Keene
January 3, 2018
Even though the Polar Plunge is a Milwaukee tradition spanning almost 100 years, I'll be honest: there's pretty much nothing that sounds appealing about it. Getting up bright and early on New Year's Day to…swim...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times shot a 360-degree video of the Polar Plunge

Matt Wild
January 9, 2017
Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication dei...
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