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Virtually shivering: Crowded Jan. 1 polar plunges put on ice

by David Sharp
| December 30, 2020 5:33 AM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has poured cold water all over the tradition of gathering en masse to ring in the new year by taking an icy plunge, but organizers are going with the floe.

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