Alaskan Outdoor Instructor Shares Experience of Skating on Rare ‘Ice Window,’ Urges Caution

Alaskan outdoor educator and ice rescue instructor Luc Mehl told Reuters on Nov. 11 of his experience skating on an unusual “ice window” that formed on an alpine lake in Alaska in late October. Mr. Mehl said that the once-in-a-decade “ice window” formed because of an “unusually cold but dry transition into winter.” Calm weather ...