Sunken Snowmobile Retrieval Photos

[upthesaukee]

Great Photo opportunity DRH. Interestingly, you had commented in another thread about the ice ridges around the area, and it appears that in shot #2, there appears to be a pretty significant ice ridge in the background. Glad no one was injured, except perhaps the wallet!

[DRH]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Great Photo opportunity DRH. Interestingly, you had commented in another thread about the ice ridges around the area, and it appears that in shot #2, there appears to be a pretty significant ice ridge in the background. Glad no one was injured, except perhaps the wallet!

Yes, that's right, upthesaukee. The ice ridge in that shot runs from Treasure Island over to Rum Point, just outside Minge Cove. Here's another view of a portion of that ridge, taken late this afternoon:


Compared to the nearby bobhouse, that ridge appears to be almost 3' high.

The pressure ridges continue to grow, making travel on the ice very dangerous. Many of those ridges now have large areas of standing water up to a foot or more deep alongside them, as shown in this picture posted today in the PhotoPost Gallery by Island Girl:

(Photo courtesy of DBA, taken yesterday on Rattlesnake Island.)

Our snowmobile fun on the ice is over for this season ... it's just too dangerous out there now.

[Lin]

Thanks for the photos. Very interesting shots on how they brought the sled up. It was good evening conversation at our house with our company last night. thanks again for posting them DRH.