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Puddle Jump 2024

Enjoy this immersive (but not submersive!) photographic coverage of the Puddle Jump and consider historical quotes and insights about our enduring enchantment with jumping into icy cold water.

By Bates College

February 16^th, 2024

Footnotes Produced by Bates Communications and Marketing with photography by Phyllis Graber Jensen and text by Jay Burns

© 2025 Bates College

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