Sitkans take to the water in the 2014 Dip. (KCAW photo/Rich McClear)
If you’ve got Holiday Fever, Sitka’s National Honor Society has a remedy for you: An icy cold dip in the ocean.
At 5 months old, Noah Apathy was this year’s “Littlest Dipper.” With his grandparents Carole and Peter Apathy. (KCAW photo Suzi McClear)
Several dozen die-hard Sitkans turned out on a cold, wet solstice weekend (12-20-14) to cool their heels – and many other body parts – in the community’s annual Polar Dip. The dip originally began as a wellness event, but it’s now a fundraiser for the Sitka High School Chapter of the National Honor Society. KCAW’s Rich McClear reported on the Dip last year from the beach. This year, however, in the spirit of community engagement, McClear went all in, and sent this audio postcard.
KCAW’s Rich McClear and Eric Jordan trash talk at the Dip. Jordan is the only other KCAW correspondent to fully “embed” in this story. (KCAW photo/Suzi McClear)
