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Photos: Hundreds jump into a frigid Goose Lake for the Polar Plunge

By Bob Hallinen
Updated: December 18, 2022 Published: December 18, 2022

Dimond High Partners Club members jump into the water during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Goose Lake in Anchorage on Saturday. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Hundreds of intrepid people jumped into the cold waters of Goose Lake on Saturday for the 14th annual Polar Plunge, an event that supports Special Olympics Alaska. Over the course of four hours, jumpers launched themselves into the ice-covered lake under overcast skies in temperatures around zero degrees. Almost 700 people were registered to jump.

A member of the Service High Partners Club sprays water as she jumps into the water during the Polar Plunge (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Jumpers prepare to plunge into the water. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Anchorage Fire Department Dive and Water Rescue Team members create a flower while waiting for more jumpers during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge on Saturday. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson comes up after taking the plunge at Goose Lake. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

88 year old Mike Moore, on the Knights of Columbus team, is helped out of the water by an Anchorage firefighter during the Polar Plunge at Goose Lake. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Members of the Palmer Police Department team swim to the ladders after jumping into Goose Lake. (Bob Hallinen Photo)

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.

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