“Having the Guinness World Records brand associated with this event brings global recognition and credibility, emphasizing ...

Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce gave an update on whether the city’s 43rd Annual Polar Bear Plunge successfully set a GUINNESS ...

In February, the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce announced its intention to beat the Guinness World Record for the largest polar bear dip, a record which at the time was held by a group in Most, Czech ...

Despite appearing to have more than enough people to break the 3,134-participant record held by a group in Sola, Norway (4,917 people picked up their bibs in Birch Bay, according to Pacific ...

More than 4,900 people were registered to wade into Birch Bay near Blaine in Whatcom County in an attempt to break the world ...

And speaking of cold water, things were a little more optimistic in a different Washington (state, that is), where residents, ...

The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce, Blaine Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2, and Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism are ...

The Whatcom County community attempted to break the world record for largest polar bear dip on New Year’s Day 2026.

A Washington city may have broken a Guinness World Record by gathering nearly 5,000 people to take a "polar bear dip" at the ...