Emily Kwong

I did not like it.

Today on the show, how changing lake ice is altering culture, community, and safety on the ice.

You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

All right, Burleigh, so we are talking about lake ice, which, remind me, when is it safe to walk on lake ice?

Okay.

So you went to this festival on a frozen lake with clearly enough black ice for you to stand on.

And it sounds true to the spirit of northern communities.

I mean, celebrating winter and making it a part of the culture there.

I spent some years in Maine and in Alaska, and it reminds me of

lacing up my skates on the weekend just to go out on the lake and have fun.

Though it also reminds me of how nervous I was every time to step on it.

I could not imagine going out to a whole festival on a lake.

That's a lot of weight on that body of water.

On it goes.

Get her out, gentlemen.

It was all pretty quick.

Cool to hear how they practice.

How often are they doing it in reality?

Like how often are they rescuing people?

I'm so glad to hear they were okay because it is incredibly dangerous.