30th Annual Polar Bear Jump (19 images)

Mabel Stuesen, 9, points to the landing zone as Erin Foster, 11, center, and Kaylin Buckley prepares to jump off the bridge into the Burley Lagoon during the 30th annual Polar Bear in Olalla, Washington on January 1, 2014. Over over a period of three hours more than 450 hardy participants jumped into the frigid waters for the annual Polar Bear Plunge into the chilly lagoon waters to join in on the annual New Year's Day Tradition. UPI /Jim Bryant

A jumper jumps off the bridge into the Burley Lagoon during the 30th annual Polar Bear in Olalla, Washington on January 1, 2014. Over over a period of three hours more than 450 hardy participants jumped into the frigid waters for the annual Polar Bear Plunge into the chilly lagoon waters to join in on the annual New Year's Day Tradition. UPI /Jim Bryant

Participants hurl themselves off the bridge into the Burley Lagoon during the 30th annual Polar Bear in Olalla, Washington on January 1, 2014. Over over a period of three hours more than 450 hardy participants jumped into the frigid waters for the annual Polar Bear Plunge into the chilly lagoon waters to join in on the annual New Year's Day Tradition. UPI /Jim Bryant

A group of teens drop down towards the water after jumping off the bridge into the Burley Lagoon during the 30th annual Polar Bear in Olalla, Washington on January 1, 2014. Over over a period of three hours more than 450 hardy participants jumped into the frigid waters for the annual Polar Bear Plunge into the chilly lagoon waters to join in on the annual New Year's Day Tradition. UPI /Jim Bryant