They both laugh and run away onto the lake ice, sliding, their balance suddenly transformed by its slippery surface.
Heavy hauling had to take place during a two-month period in late winter when the lake ice was thick enough.
When refrigeration arrived, there were attempts at suggesting that the lake ice was better for you.
Is there always an air layer under frozen pond or lake ice?
The lake ice was a white plane before an abyss; the stars and planets above, bright bulbs on a black winter sky.
This was the type of drill that fishermen use for cutting through lake ice in winter.
McCulloch's chainsaw was used to cut lake ice and trees.
The first experiments had used natural lake ice, in a Canadian winter.
Last week, hopes rose over a hole detected in lake ice.
But both sides say their supporters will turn out later this month when the lake ice breaks up.