Image by Flickr user stevendepolo

Friday afternoon some 2,000 slightly-less-than-sane folks took the polar bear plunge into the water at Sullivan's Island.

The Post and Courier was there and has a swell photo set; go check them out over here. This is my favorite of the nine.

The crowd for the plunge was about the same size as last year's. We'll keep you plugged with more links to visuals as we find them,