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Thin ice forces UP polar plunge cancellation

pasty.com

HANCOCK, MI--   You know it's an unusual winter when a polar bear plunge is canceled in the Upper 

Peninsula.

Police tell The Daily Mining Gazette that the ice is too thin for the dip Saturday on Portage Lake in Hancock. The plunge typically attracts hundreds of people as part of the Heikinpaiva Mid-Winter Festival.

There will be a parade in downtown Hancock, followed by a wife-carrying contest, sled races and other community events.
 

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