ENLARGE
Shawn Pendleton of Roseburg takes his first plunge into the icy waters of a pond in Oakland. A group of friends and family started the plunge 14 years ago and adds new members each year.
Oakland residents gather at Will Vogel's home in Oakland each year to walk a plank onto a platform and take a dive into the cold, cloudy water now dubbed the “sacred polar bear pond.”
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