Profiles in Shrinkage 2012: Scenes from the New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 2, 2012 6:25PM

$\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenilio/6617225609/in/photostream/\"\>Ken Ilio\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6620199775/in/set-72157628672066869/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenilio/6617225609/in/photostream/\"\>Ken Ilio\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6620200009/in/set-72157628672066869/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenilio/6617188397/in/photostream/\"\>Ken Ilio\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenilio/6617258569/\"\>Ken Ilio\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6620200477/in/set-72157628672066869/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6620200381/in/set-72157628672066869/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenilio/6618439181/in/photostream/\"\>Ken Ilio\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6620200107/in/set-72157628672066869/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6620199939/in/set-72157628672066869/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$ $\<a href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeybrick/6616370053/in/pool-57589156@N00/\"\>Mike Travis\<\/a\>\r\n$

If you're going to take a dip in Lake Michigan in January, yesterday's weather was an ideal time to do so with the relatively mild weather. Here are some photos from yesterday's New Year's Plunge taken by Chicagoist Photos Flickr Pool contributors Mike Travis and Ken Ilio.

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