The sight of snowflakes only added to the ambiance of the 39th Jacksonport Polar Bear Club Swim on Wednesday. Now hosted by the Jacksonport Fire Department, hundreds of swimmers made the short sprint into the Lake Michigan waters from the Lakeside Park beach to welcome the New Year. Newcomers and old pros alike joined in the fun started by the Jarosh family nearly four decades ago.

It was just part of a busy New Year’s Day celebration in Door County, which featured a New Year’s Eve celebration in Sister Bay, a similar swim benefitting the Nasewaupee Fire Department in Sturgeon Bay, and a parade in Egg Harbor.