Skating on Crystal Clear Ice
In Sweden
Video Of Skating On A Crystal-Clear Lake Is Stupid Awesome
At first it looks like a terrible idea, but it doesn't take long to realize that this is pure joy captured on video.
The clip
was filmed in late November by Jonas Landmark and Karin Bäckborns on
Lake Blanktjärn in central Sweden. Their dogs Trissa and Vilma tagged
along too.
While the ice is actually around 10 cm thick, it looks
paper thin (you can actually see the fish swimming underneath their
feet).
From the looks of things, this is an example of
congelation ice, which can form on a freshwater lake that is mostly free
of impurities. Stanford scientist Miles Traer recently explained to io9
that the ideal scenario for ice like this involves "a slow freeze, big
ice crystals, close to no air bubbles and water devoid of dust and other
particle impurities."
Landmark told the Weather Network that the lake doesn't usually look this but that the conditions were just "perfect."
"It was as being at an aquarium," he said.
There is an outstanding season for ice skating in the Jämtland region,
located in the northwestern part of Sweden. This is Lake Blanktjärn, the
10 cm thick ice is clear enough to see the bottom of the lake and fish
swimming around.
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