Dartmouth takes pride in encouraging students to be “inventive, flexible, and resilient, prepared to take on anything that nature and their work in the world throw at them.” These skills are put to the test each year during winter carnival. This is the time swimmers bravely face the polar bear plunge, skiers fly off the ski jump, and human/dog sledders vie for bragging rights.
Photos
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1939: Skater performing a split-jump (Photo by Adrian Bouchard)
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2019: Women’s Nordic 3x5 relay race (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
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1938: Skaters racing around Occom Pond (Photo by Rauner Special Collections Library)
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2018: Polar bear plunge into Occom Pond (Photo by Robert Gill)
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1989: Skaters barrel jumping (Photo by Stuart Bratesman ’75)
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2013: Canoe races on the golf course (Photo by Stuart Bratesman)
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1992: Winter carnival snowboarding (Photo by Stuart Bratesman ’75)
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2014: Human dog sled races on the Green (Photo by Jacob Kupferman ’14)
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1911: Fred Harris, Class of 1911, founder of the Dartmouth Outing Club, soars through the air during his jump at winter carnival (Photo by Rauner Special Collections Library)
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2014: Dartmouth’s Alpine team competes at the Dartmouth Skiway during winter carnival (Photo by Jacob Kupferman ’14)