Eliza Kano-Bower, left, and Meg Cadden head for warm clothes after jumping into a hole through the ice on Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday. The Bates Outing Club organizes and provides safety for the annual event, which is held during the weeklong Winter Carnival.
Ryan Curit, left, and A.J. Debenedictis leap into a hole through the ice on Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday. The Bates Outing Club organizes and provides safety for the annual event, which is held during the weeklong Winter Carnival. Debenedictis of Norwell, Mass., and Curit of South Portland are members of the Bates football team. See a video of the Puddle Jump at sunjournal.com.
Students line up to make the jump into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday.
Students line up to make the jump into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday.
Students line up to make the jump into Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday.
A Bates student heads for warm clothes after jumping into a hole through the ice on Lake Andrews during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday.
Water from lake Andrews comes up through the hole and floods the ice during the annual Puddle Jump at Bates College in Lewiston on Friday.
Members of the Bates College Outing Club make a hole in the ice on Lake Andrews for the annual Puddle Jump in Lewiston on Friday.
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