• ROP_GFPolarPlunge,ph1
    Greenfield Police Officers Matthew Llewelyn, at right, and Connor Parnell feel the freeze in the Special Olympics Massachusetts “Bear-Force One” 2,800-gallon polar plunge tank outside Greenfield High School on Thursday afternoon.
  • ROP_GFPolarPlunge,ph2
    From left, Joseph D’Astous and Evan Geary of the Greenfield Fire Department take the plunge during the Special Olympics Massachusetts fundraising event Thursday afternoon at Greenfield High School.
  • ROP_GFPolarPlunge,ph3
    Capt. John Whitney, at left, of the Greenfield Fire Department and firefighter Michael Cachat help Vaughn LaValley and Estes Lemerise-Reinking from Turners Falls High School exit the polar plunge tank at Greenfield High School Thursday afternoon.
  • ROP_GFPolarPlunge,ph4
    Spectators at Greenfield High School watch the polar plunge festivities on Thursday afternoon.