The ice was very "busy" while we were there - doing lots of expanding and contracting and making all kinds of interesting noises as cracks opened and the great plates of ice shifted. The various sounds were easy to hear without any snow to muffle them, so as we walked we were accompanied by a constant symphony of burping, whumping and cracking sounds. Most often it sounded like a quick hit on a kettle drum and Carolyn said she felt like we were walking on a drum skin. Big cracks like this criss-crossed the lake - sometimes opening right under our feet! It was a bit startling but still perfectly safe.
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