On New Year's day, New Yorker's join the Coney Island polar plunge and, in Germany, the Berlin "seals" brave their own icy pool.

在元旦这天，由纽约市民同康尼岛极地俱乐部的冬泳爱好者共同一展身手；在德国，柏林“海豹俱乐部”的冬泳爱好者们也在结冰湖水中畅游一番。

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The PB Plunge helps educate kids and families on the challenges Polar Bears are facing due to climate change.

在PB切入帮助教育的挑战北极熊因气候变化面临的孩子和家庭。

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If you're planning on taking a polar bear plunge, Tipton says you can prime your body for the event several days before by gradually lowering the temperature of your shower.

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The more you immerse yourself in cold water, the more your body will adapt to the extreme temperature change, according to Tipton, who started off 2013 by donning Bermuda shorts and participating in a polar bear plunge in his hometown of Gosport, England.

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In Asbury Park, New Jersey, a traditional polar bear club plunge into frigid waters had to be postponed because of the single-digit wind chill.

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