{"id":136932,"date":"2022-03-03T11:07:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=136932"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:09","slug":"how-hard-can-it-be-students-coming-together-for-the-annual-polar-bear-dive-at-kralingse-plas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/03\/how-hard-can-it-be-students-coming-together-for-the-annual-polar-bear-dive-at-kralingse-plas\/","title":{"rendered":"How hard can it be? Students coming together for the annual Polar Bear Dive at Kralingse Plas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<div data-component=\"oembed\" class=\"relative max-w-5xl\" data-module=\"oembed\" data-source=\"consent_embed_youtube\" data-type=\"video\" data-cookiebot=\"\" data-disable-notice=\"\">\n\t\t<a\n\t\thref=\"#embed-skip-69e34763a240d\"\n\t\tdata-component=\"skip-link\"\n\t\tclass=\"text-lg underline sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:absolute focus:p-4 focus:z-50 bg-white hover:no-underline border-neutral-800 text-neutral-800\"\n\t>\n\t\tIngesloten inhoud van YouTube overslaan\n\t<\/a>\n\t<div data-oembed=\"content\">\n\t\t<div data-oembed=\"placeholder\" class=\"p-8 text-center bg-sand-300 theme-violet:bg-white theme-sand:bg-white theme-mocha:bg-white\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"max-w-lg mx-auto mb-7\" id=\"embed-cookie-69e34763a240a\">U kunt deze ingesloten inhoud bekijken nadat u akkoord bent gegaan met cookies van YouTube.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center gap-2 text-brown-600 theme-violet:text-purple\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<button\n\tdata-variant=\"outline\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne underline-offset-2 decoration-2 px-4 min-h-[3.75rem] border-2 border-current bg-transparent text-current font-bold hocus:underline js-consent-button\"\n\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\taria-describedby=\"embed-cookie-69e34763a240a\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-button-text class=\"\">\n\t\t\tI agree\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<a\n\tdata-variant=\"primary\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne underline-offset-2 decoration-2 px-4 min-h-[3.75rem] border-2 border-current bg-current text-current font-bold hocus:underline decoration-white\"\n\n\t\n\t\t\thref=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch&#x3F;v&#x3D;7EzoHLXRpx4\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-button-text class=\"text-white\">\n\t\t\tSee on YouTube\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon text-white \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"17\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 17\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M18.25 7.5C18.8023 7.5 19.25 7.94772 19.25 8.5C19.25 9.05228 18.8023 9.5 18.25 9.5H1.75C1.19772 9.5 0.75 9.05228 0.75 8.5C0.75 7.94772 1.19772 7.5 1.75 7.5H18.25Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M10.793 1.04295C11.1835 0.65243 11.8165 0.65243 12.207 1.04295L18.957 7.79295C19.3476 8.18348 19.3476 8.81649 18.957 9.20702L12.207 15.957C11.8165 16.3475 11.1835 16.3475 10.793 15.957C10.4024 15.5665 10.4024 14.9335 10.793 14.543L16.8359 8.49999L10.793 2.45702C10.4024 2.06649 10.4024 1.43348 10.793 1.04295Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<template>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"oembed-video\" data-oembed=\"video\" class=\"cursor-pointer aspect-video\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-oembed=\"thumbnail\" class=\"absolute object-cover w-auto h-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7EzoHLXRpx4\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t<div class=\"w-full h-full iframe:absolute iframe:inset-0 iframe:w-full iframe:h-full\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How hard can it be? 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In reality, it was freezing cold at about 10 degrees celsius. Yet, it was the most perfect time for two student associations, Extraordinary Life and Erasmus Extreme, to finally host their annual Polar Bear Dive. Last year, they had to postpone the tradition due to corona restrictions being in place, but now the Polar Bear Dive can finally happen. Our reporter Adinda Khairunnisa changed into her bathing suit and decided to join in the ice cold festivities. How hard can it be?<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cold as hell<\/h2><p>Eve Whittaker, a board member of Erasmus Extreme, explained the importance of the tradition of the Polar Bear Dive. \u201cIt\u2019s just to experience something new and it is good for your immune systems as well.\u201d Daniel Kamp, an economics student, shared his initial reaction after getting out of the water. \u201cHonestly, it is amazing. Cold as hell!\u201d Matteo Forghieri, another board member of Erasmus Extreme, added that he might go for another dip at the lake.<\/p>\n<p>It was my first experience jumping into a freezing cold lake and safe to say it was not as bad as I thought it would be. It was definitely very cold, yet having other students coming together to celebrate this tradition made it very doable. In the end, I took three dips at the lake with the other students which left me with numb feet, yet a very proud self. Afterwards, we all went to get some nice hot chocolate to calm our bodies down from the cold.<\/p>\n<p>So, how hard can it be? Just a 4 out of 10. 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class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/stemmen-voor-de-uraad-in-het-erasmus-mc-ik-hoop-dat-de-nieuwe-raad-iets-kan-doen-aan-studiestress\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tVoting for the University Council at Erasmus MC: \u2018I hope the new council can do something about study-related stress\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-04-16\">16 April 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne 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