Record-Eagle photo/Jan-Michael Stump
Ross Richardson prepares his scuba gear before he and nearly a dozen other divers make a New Year's Day dive in West Grand Traverse Bay at Traverse City's Clinch Park. The event, sponsored by Scuba North, has been a New Year's Day tradition for about 20 years. "It always seems like a good idea when you talk about it in a warm restaurant," said Richardson as snow swirled in the mid-twenty degree temperatures.

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