[Slickcraft]

Originally Posted by skprbob

An item that no one has mentioned yet is a set of hand spikes. These can be simply a pair of large spikes, sometime known as timber spikes, for pulling yourself out of the water in the event you break through. Buy them at your favorite hardware store. They are also available as a set, connected by a cord. One spike hangs from your coat sleeve - the cord goes up the sleeve, across the shoulders, and down the other sleeve to the other spike. If you go through, you stick the spikes in the ice around the hole and pull yourself out.

Polar Picks is one brand:
http://www.amazon.com/HT-Enterprise-.../dp/B000M97IR2