Frozen Lake Safety Tips
A frozen lake can be a great outdoor skating or hockey rink, snowmobiling surface, ice fishing spot or just a beautiful place for a walk. It is really important to understand, however, that there is no way to know for sure that the lake is frozen enough all the way around. A snow dusting on top of the ice can add to the illusion that the lake has frozen deeply. Most people evaluate the safety of frozen ice by gauging ice thickness, the daily temperature, water depth under the ice, and snow cover. The safety of frozen ice is also dependent on water depth under the ice, the size of the water and water chemistry, currents, and distribution of the load on the ice. (more…)
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