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I grew up playing ice hockey on frozen rivers, and skating and skiing on frozen lakes. Normally, though, when the water freezes, it becomes pretty opaque... white as the snow itself, only with a slight translucent appearance.
Not in this case.
Apparently, [url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/clear-lake-becomes-see-through-skating-rink-thanks-to-perfect-conditions-1.3356031 ]a lake in my province-of-origin has frozen perfectly clear[/url]. So much so that you can watch the fish swim underneath you as you play hockey.
Incredible.
That is cool (quite literally in this case).
not good for the fish though as plants will continue to photosynthesize and make oxygen and they will therefore die from oxygen poisoning
When I was a lad the Fens would freeze over in the winter and there would be speed skating most years.
Bloody global warming!
and the place is called Clear Lake... well, who'd have thunk it!
Beautiful for a load of reasons.
If I lived there, I'd mark out an oval and have some kind of bike race track style with studded tyres on.
Must go to Canada sometime.
When I was a lad the Fens would freeze over in the winter and there would be speed skating most years.
Are you sure your not confusing real life with Tom's Midnight Garden?
Mind you may dad remembers the weak freezing over
Amazing footage, awful write-up though?.. Slightly incoherent
not good for the fish though as plants will continue to photosynthesize and make oxygen and they will therefore die from oxygen poisoning
I did not know that. Please excuse my scientific ignorance, but is there any data you know of that would illustrate this? Say, from years past when it has happened before? Or are you just stating the inevitable natural process?
Saxon Rider hope you are not feeling homesick. Never seen that before, amazing to see.
Great link Saxonrider - cheers!
What I miss most about Sweden:
not good for the fish though as plants will continue to photosynthesize and make oxygen and they will therefore die from oxygen poisoning
I doubt it makes much difference at those latitudes and temperatures, after all "regular" white ice doesn't provide a blackout. Plus there's no more CO2 than there would be with white ice which will put a brake on photosynthesis.
I have no scientific data to back this up.
Do plants photosynthesize at night time? I think it would be quite tricky, but maybe the stars are especially bright in Canada?
I've seen clear ice on Scottish lochs, nothing unusual about it; you just need the right conditions.
The fish have more chance of dying from oxygen depletion over a winter under ice, it's only due to the clear ice that you can see the evidence.