Shock yourself with a polar dip on Jan. 1, 2018

WHATCOM ­— Keeping up a tradition, the Polar Bear Plunge at Birch Bay happens again on Jan. 1, with costume (or swimsuit) judging at 11:30 a.m. and the big plunge into the bay at noon about in the 7900 block of Birch Bay Drive. There is no prize for staying in the water longest. The…