Frozen Lakes

If you fall through the ice, you may only have a few minutes to save yourself before you succumb to the icy depths.

This week, Marina and Fin discuss the Regent’s Park skating disaster of 1867, how to determine the relative safety of ice, and what to do if you plunge through the surface into the freezing water below.

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