Author Archives: billbuchholz

We all suffer from varying degrees of iceocosis. When the plate is immanently threatened with snow and it’s the last known ice, and it’s really awesome, level heads don’t tend to prevail. There were pressure ridges visible nearby the launch … Continue reading →

Thanks Deb!

Steve Lamb reports that Norton Reservoir and a few other local ponds have an inch and a half of black ice. He anticipates they will be worth investigating this weekend. Call him for more details. Lee Spiller ventured out on … Continue reading →

The ice at the Raymond launch is thick, covered in snow, and extends out a couple of hundred feet. Just as it was getting light I could make out sea smoke in the near distance and assumed it was open … Continue reading →

So goes iceboating? We all are well aware that the CIBC Ice Index has taken quite a hit this past quarter but were unaware that it tracked the Dow and the price of oil so accurately. And like all the … Continue reading →