The Seward Phoenix Log - News of the Eastern Kenai Peninsula since 1966

This winter has taken a turn for the balmy so the 2013 Polar Bear Jump (PBJ) is not likely to be quite the Arctic experience it sometimes can be. Of course you’d have to be barmy to jump into water...

Karlie Ennes and Ashlee Champion Hibbetts, the Alaska Girls team, is one of four Seward teams taking the Seward Polar Bear Jumpoff to raise money for cancer research this year. The two young women,...

The following jumpers are signed up at presstime. The jumpers and the jumping order are subject to change. 1 - Icy Rescue Divers - Anchorage -15 jumpers 2 - Ice Rescue Swimmers - Seward - 10 to12 jumpers 3 - Alaska’s Brass - Jeff Manley, Sam Cliff...

Want to take the Holland America/Princess Polar Bear Jump shuttle to Seward? Call 907-273-2076. Reach the Polar Bear Festival at ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS POLAR BEAR HOTLINES: 362-5201, 362-5202, 362-5203 and 362-5204. Polar Bear shirts are available at...

Compiled by Julie Rosier The LOG looks back through the pages of 2012... January Jumpoff hits $2 million mark The Seward Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival raised over $173,000 for the American Cancer Societ...

Local children searched for small pumpkins and roasted marshmallows and sipped hot cocoa Saturday at Forest Acres Park. The event was sponsored by Glacier Family Medicine, TYC councils and Seward...

Pumpkin Prowl set for Saturday The Glacier Family Medicine Pumpkin Prowl for ages 9 and under will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, Forest Acres Park. Children search for mini pumpkins, roast marshmallows and sip hot cocoa. The free event for the...

What do these things have in common: Roller skate keys, Howdy Doody, James Dean, Roy Rogers’ horse, Seward’s Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival? At this time, nothing. Perhaps after the Polar Bear Jump in January, all these things will be gone except...

TYC Happenings 224-5472 After School Program - Every day after school. Call 224-5472 for information. First Friday Fun - Halloween Masque: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Prizes for costumes. Fifth and sixth graders are invited to dance, play games and...

TYC Happenings 224-5472 After School Program - Every day after school. Call 224-5472 for information. Middle School Dance - 7:30-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22. Fee: $5. First Friday Fun - Halloween Masque: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Prizes for costumes....

http://tinyurl.com/72j43ju The Seward Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival raised over $173,000 for the American Cancer Society on Saturday when 150 brave souls leaped into Resurrection Bay at the Seward...

Last weekend was another great Polar Bear Jumpoff Festival. Since the event was created over 27 years ago, volunteers have raised over $2 million to fight cancer, a most worthy cause. What was once an idea back in the 1980s has become a well known,...

Who would stand out in the wind and cold of ice encrusted Seward to watch people plunge into frigid Resurrection Bay, much less do the plunging? People who support the American Cancer Society....

It takes a certain type of person to jump into the icy waters of the Seward Small Boat Harbor every year. But if you ask what type of person that is, the answer varies. Anyone can be affected by the...

It takes courage to plunge into the freezing waters of Resurrection Bay, even if just for a fraction of a minute, and you also have to have heart. That’s definitely what a group of women who work...