Ice safety
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Crossing a frozen body or water for ice skating or other winter sports or cold weather activities is potentially lethal. Freezing water kills a person in minutes.
Safety measures and rescueSafety measures include having (preferably experienced) company, getting local advice, telling your plans to somebody, and having ice prods, an ice pike, rope and spare dry clothes in a watertight package.
Weak pointsIn the spring thick ice is also unreliable, as the sun weakens it.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Ice safety" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Villeke, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons