Ice rescue instructor captures footage of rare, once-in-a-decade ice window on Alaskan lake

Certified ice-rescue instructor Luc Mehl enjoyed a rare and spectacular experience Oct. 26 when he and his wife skated an "ice window" on Rabbit Lake, Alaska. Mehl said the uncommon phenomenon, in which ice is snow free and clear as glass, lasted only a week.
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[@NotGoingBackHarrisWalz2024]

One of my favorite things about the internet, is that people can witness these beautiful rare events and share them with those of us that would never of even had an opportunity to see something like it❤❤❤

[@WarLambShofars]

Aaamen

[@TamaraMcIntosh]

I agree! 🙏🏽🙏🏽 one of the positive factors of the internet

[@TheCosmicDancer111]

​@@ianhenning2422It's all you. You are the whole environment! You are the whole Cosmos! There is no where to go...you are already here! Wake up to your true Self my brother ❤❤❤

[@TheLaymanCollector]

So many people use deceiving thumbnails and deceiving titles. But videos like this are gold and redeem the internet.

[@jondoe7194]

Big facts

[@taliascott8647]

That is so beautiful!!!!❤❤ thank you for sharing!!!

[@knotkool1]

i grew up on rabbit creek and been to rabbit lake a hundred times, summer and winter. never got to see this. seen clear ice on a few other lakes but this is special.

[@diji5071]

That is absolutely astonishingly beautiful.

[@christianeaster2776]

Beautiful! Looks like they're skating on air.

[@garylucas2126]

That is absolutely stunning!!😮

[@julireep278]

Absolutely breathtaking!! I didn't even know that was possible! Thank you so much for sharing this wonder of nature ❤

[@shipraroy4637]

It's more than beautiful and amazing👍

[@canheaton]

This can happen to any lake with really clear water. I've seen it happen to Fish Lake, Dane County Wisconsin right near my house a couple times. I think it happens when you suddenly get cold temperatures but there's no wind or snow. I remember I could see snapping turtles slowly walking on the bottom and schools of fish! It was really cool.

[@Quadrupliplex]

That sounds awesome!

[@getsmarty7603]

Yup exactly! I used to stop at a lake and throw my skates on near Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada. It was amazing to skate on. Dam near the same landscape as this.

[@juandavalos2415]

That lake you refer, just as almost any place in that beautiful State, Wc, sounds great.

[@alvincent1703]

Me too wachuette resivior Ma and finity pond in the Berkshires ma

[@aperson9603]

its like a natural aquarium!

[@sandireinhard9460]

Just awesomely beautiful. Thank you for that. Makes me miss ice skating❤

[@dawnausborn3760]

Thank you so much for sharing this unbelievable experience with all of us❤

[@pieteri.duplessis]

Beautiful.

[@victorguzman9490]

Amazingly awesome!!😃😍👍🏼👏🏼

[@2kitties]

Absolutely amazing! It looks like water, not ice! I would have been afraid to skate on till others did it!! Is it my imagination, or can you really see the water flowing under the ice?

[@frogganna]

That's beautiful

[@brandonlang9322]

This has only happened once in my 35 years of life on the lakes around me. I think I was 14 and we would skateboard on the ice and it being clear it was just amazing. Very specific special conditions have to occur for the lake to freeze clear and it is something I will never forget and every year I wish it would happen again.

[@alinbejinaru1755]

The condition should be like temperatures of between 0-5°C (or something like that in order for the air to escape from under the ice/water, the lake should be very well insulated for water to slowly freeze,water to be static and not so deep,etc. You can do a transparent piece of ice in any form if you use a box or a container made of a material that is working properly as a thermal insulator,and a constant temperature.

[@alexanderg117]

I would be impressed beyond WORDS to see you skateboard on an icy, frozen lake! You must use some extremely rare and special wheels made out sandpaper or maybe polyurethane wheels with miniature metal spikes sticking out of each? Either way, my mouth would drop to the floor to see you slipping and sliding across the lake! 😮

[@brandonlang9322]

@@alexanderg117 lmao I might be able to still do it at 35 yrs old. My friends and I thought it wouldn't work but it actually wasn't to bad. We used normal skate wheels. We would powerslide really far, do kick flips, and you go fast go primo to glide on the side of the skateboard.

[@privateconfidential4775]

i miss swimming but i don’t miss commuting

[@Kim-bp1kb]

Somehow knowing that ice rescue is not only a job postion but also something that people are trained for... somehow gives me peace of mind.... And I live in Arizona 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@themoth4199]

Not me. By the time they get there you very likely would be dead from hypothermia. Not only that, but being that they have actual positions for ice rescue and they train them so well tells me that not only do people often need to be rescued, but they need to be rescued from a professional and not your buddy that you’re with. Yikes.

[@ButterfatFarms]

​@@themoth4199Other news articles mention several people have already fallen through the ice this year, yet does not mention any of them dying. Perhaps you worry too much.

[@thomasfoss9963]

Having ice fished all my life, and a crazy, hardcore ice fisher, I've broken thru many times thru late ice in March--- There are certain techniques to getting out of broken ice-- But now, I'm much older, and more careful----

[@danielmarquez4935]

What else is special is that you guys didn’t fall through 😅

[@theequalizer6752]

On my farm when I was a kid we had a gravel pit behind our house and lots of winter we got clear ice and could see the bottom while skating on it. But now ice is so unsafe from the melting and the-freezing that the ice is rotten.

[@johnscanlon2598]

I’ve seen that a few times in Alaska

[@zandig666]

This happened on the bay of quinte once or twice around 1981(??) a lot of people bought ice boats and never used them again or not for years after 😂😂

[@cdpgbc-mw2kz]

57 year old Canadian viewer. I grew up on a lake in the North. I remember the lake freezing like a perfect sheet of glass only once in my life. I remember taking my hockey stick out on the ice and passing the puck. The puck kept going, and going, and going. It was a hell of a skate to catch up to it. We have Polaroid pics of this. Great memories. Thanks for posting this video.

[@teodoratodorova5043]

Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing.

[@twin2hustle]

Thank you for sharing your memories...wish I could've been a witness to it....I bet it was awesome

[@bethlawrence9077]

Thanks for sharing 😊

[@cdpgbc-mw2kz]

@@teodoratodorova5043 Thank you for responding.

[@cdpgbc-mw2kz]

@@twin2hustle Thank you for the kind words. It really was awesome. Only once in my life did it ever happen. It is a freak chance of nature. The conditions have to be perfect.

[@trishnewman3122]

This is just about the most beautiful footage I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing it.

[@jmachatch6696]

I want to give this 10 thumbs up.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Mr.Mister96]

"This is just about the most beautiful footage I've ever seen", that's sad

[@christianweatherbroadcasting]

Repent and trust in Jesus. We all deserve Hell for our sins, such as lying lusting coveting and more. We can't save ourselves, but Jesus can save us. He died on the cross to save us for our sins and rose from the grave defeating death and Hell. You must put your faith in him only. He is the only way to Heaven. Repent and trust in Jesus. Romans 6:23 John 3:16❤❤😊❤

[@michelelaraia7358]

What lake?

[@BasedMarysMemoirs]

Good to see Global Warming doesn't actually exist lmao 🌚

[@coreycoombe1354]

That’s one of the most incredible things I have ever seen

[@OmegaSniper57]

you need to get out more lmao this is nothing

[@JasonWasson-c6x]

You've done that???​@@OmegaSniper57

[@Blallaw]

I agree absolutely beautiful 🤩

[@slowpoke6743]

​@@OmegaSniper57i've scuba'd 2 dozen of the worlds best dive sites. Caves, reefs, wrecks ect. I started breathing harder watching this s%it.

[@OmegaSniper57]

@@JasonWasson-c6x no but if you think this is one of the most incredible things in your life that youve seen. go touch grass

[@HollyJordan15]

Amazing! But my stomach is dropping just looking at the bottom & waiting for the ice to crack.

[@monicavidal850]

😅same

[@sampat10]

As long as there is 2 inches of ice there is no chance, and I'm sure there is a lot more than that

[@andlemmejustsayJus]

​@@sampat10that comforted me

[@HollyJordan15]

@@sampat10 Totally get that, however it’s a reflex reaction despite knowing whether it’s two or ten inches of ice below them or me 🤣

[@kimlevy6521]

exactly

[@Gorilla_warfare]

That ice is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen. Wow

[@Gerald0613]

What are the other most beautiful things?

[@lefunkable]

Definitely

[@agghhhhhhhhhh]

My wife!​@@Gerald0613

[@screstubbs7455]

🎉🎉 Amazing. For me, rates along with Maroon Bells in Colorado. Beaches on island La Maddalena Sardinia. Swimming under waterfalls in El Yunque rainforest P.R. Beautiful.

[@FrancineudoNs]

​@@Gerald0613Animals, northern lights, kenios, the Chinese walls, etc.

[@majorkramer]

It's like something you would see in a fantasy movie or video game. For real

[@EikottXD]

Or like something you would see in real life.

[@ym-us2ck]

​@@Goganzuelano.

[@tonygoodall3063]

Yeah...but what if that ice broke...!

[@anthonybelyea1964]

​@@Goganzuelagames are never more beautiful than life cuz life is virtual reality👍🏼😎🇨🇦

[@justyuri797]

yep, with some water elemental serpent like monster in it.

[@ESUNintel]

Glad they got to experience something so beautiful and share it with the rest of the world - thank you 🙏🏻

[@sojourner239]

It may be another decade before it’s seen again, but thank you for showing it to those of us who would have never seen it. ❤

[@yfmlam]

We most likely won’t even see this same exact lake half frozen as it is now. Climate change is real and it’s truly causing an effect nowadays.

[@oOFranCescA2080oO]

I hate to break it, but how has no one in the comments brought up climate change? In 10 years we'll be lucky to see snow

[@exileTHC]

this planet we live on has such amazing and beautiful places...

[@beautifulnightmare4308]

Could not agree more!❤

[@E.Wolfdale]

actually this looks more generic, like something you could see on other rock planet because there is not much life visible here, just rock, ice and snow.

[@Roethles]

@@E.Wolfdaleright. Next time you have similar footage from those other planets, please do share.

[@E.Wolfdale]

@@Roethles dont need photos to know that there is rock and ice. lol

[@Tele-Phone]

​@@E.Wolfdale yes, and snow. On the EARTH!

[@Hellhound448]

That’s absolutely gorgeous! What a once in a lifetime moment.

[@movimientoanti-nacionalist7819]

Once in a decade, not that special.

[@Brooklyn-cg5nj]

@@movimientoanti-nacionalist7819 some people’s lifetimes are only a decade

[@bennette.7033]

Jesus loves you.

[@Nics-D-Ace]

​@@Brooklyn-cg5nj terminally ill children probably don't ice skate in the Alaskan wilderness

[@bigman4407]

I just got to experience that moment in the comfort of my truck.

[@nomad753]

That would be awesome. Congratulations on having this experience. The world is a beautiful place

[@Libra_Strings]

You all have nerves of steel and we’re all grateful for it 💕

[@Kelnx]

It's solid ice all the way down. There really is no danger here.

[@clydecraft5642]

@@Kelnxtrue but it still takes someone willing to go and capture it for us

[@herenow6953]

@@Kelnx I broke my leg very badly ice skating - it's not just the ice breaking you need to worry about!

[@Lizzy_333]

@@KelnxWhat? Really solid all the way down? That’s so amazing!

[@Kelnx]

@@Lizzy_333 It's not very deep there and there are long periods of subzero temperatures which makes this possible. If it weren't frozen all the way then it would not be clear as glass like this since there would be a frost layer between the liquid and ice layer. If you see all the way to the bottom, it is solid.

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

It's not only awesome that this happened, and that we get to see it, but also that it was found by some of the people who could appreciate it the most.

[@davefellows]

💯

[@missyflutter5562]

Boom

[@omegamcbride]

This comment

[@LaBellaVida312]

What a beautiful thought

[@chinoj5066]

Apt!❤

[@jeffschmelzer1592]

Saw this once on a lake ice fishing early ice in wisconsin. Clear lake got cold very fast no wind. Spent hours walking around looking down. Weed bedd fish etc. Been waiting rest of my life to see this again. Was 25. Now 65.

[@Cory_Springer]

I saw it once as a teenager here in Minnesota, such a cool experience that I've never seen again.

[@ScratchGlass9]

Horseshoe Lake. Up North. Lower peninsula Michigan. Ice fishing with my Dad and Grandfather. 1975. Saw Pike we've still never caught.

[@idk8964]

​@@ScratchGlass9I grew up in whitmore lake in the 90s. I miss it a LOT. It's really cool seeing someone from the area on youtube

[@ScratchGlass9]

@@idk8964 hi ! Have family on Loon Lake in Waterford.... GO BLUE 🇺🇲

[@thomasfoss9963]

As a lifelong ice fisherman, we have actually seen this many times--- We would walk out first ice to the weedline's of various lakes with flashlights, looking for fish, and weed contours--- Many times, we saw bluegills dart away, walleyes on the bottom, or muskies cruising lazely along those weedline's----

[@Will-nb8qk]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing one of the rare beauties of our world.

[@barry7608]

Awesome thanks for sharing, I have never seen a lake frozen like that.

[@rachaelrichard1136]

Neat. Thanks for sharing.😊😊❤

[@joeloweryourexpectationsbiden]

Any high mountain lake will freeze this way

[@Peanuts-N-Corn]

I know clear ice is more solid than cloudy ice but that still makes me nervous. Honestly beautiful.

[@TheWorldIsAlls]

I would assume the other way around it looks fragile

[@robindhood9125]

@@TheWorldIsAllsClear ice is more pure than cloudy ice which has more impurities, because of that it is denser which makes it last longer and melt more slowly.

[@Nikkikkikkiz]

​@@TheWorldIsAlls it is about air bubbles

[@maruftim]

​@@TheWorldIsAllsthink of it this way, cloudy ice means there are tiny holes in every part of the ice

[@Peanuts-N-Corn]

@@TheWorldIsAlls just think of it this way. Would you rather be on solid ice or ice that has thousands of little air pockets in it?

[@sistahkrista4290]

This happened once on my lake in Ontario when I was about 8. My dad and I held hands and silently soared above the seaweed. So amazing!

[@dielaughing73]

Seaweed?

[@rachel7825]

@@dielaughing73 “Seaweed" is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as well as in rivers, lakes, and other water bodies.

[@annafields6584]

What a beautiful memory to have with your dad :)

[@lindabuck2777]

Awesome memory! 🙏🏻❤️

[@Erebus.666.]

​@@rachel7825Hey, it isn't seaweed if it's in a lake.

[@julyol119]

That is insanely beautiful. These people are lucky to have been able to witness and enjoy this beautiful moment in nature.

[@nozyparker]

But this suggests there's no fish or life in this lake

[@julyol119]

@@nozyparker True! Isn't that a meltwater lake anyway?

[@robinmaynard1640]

Could not have said it better. Amazing.

[@BooBuKittyPhuk]

They were so mesmerized looking down into it, they almost ran right into each other 😂 Must've been amazing!

[@jodybranum4015]

I want to skate this !

[@Ninjanimegamer]

I can't stop watching this. The whole landscape is beautiful. The mountain's reflection on the ice and seeing the lake bed so clearly it's like they are skating on a two way mirror.

[@6Haunted-Days]

Well ummmm check out thin ice skating people been doing it CENTURIES…in Sweden and those countries up there. It’s not some once in a lifetime either.

[@Readysetgo2007]

​@@6Haunted-Days I think it's still special that the ice is this transparent. I have never seen something like that until I watched this video.

[@Veltrosstho]

"Two way mirror" Glass.

[@inflation1139]

I can, next video!

[@inflation1139]

​@Readysetgo2007 well get out your fantasy world and live a little.

[@CM-jx2ii]

What a privilege!!!! I can’t be there but social media has allowed me to see things like this on screen. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@vadym8713]

One of few times social media were used for something useful ))

[@XhodanXeus]

the problem is out of 100 1 or 2 are like that and the rest are....not sure if that is worth it.

[@DavidBall-v5i]

Loved the glass bottom boats of silver springs Florida as a kid, but this takes it to a heavenly level!!! Amazing!!!😊❤

[@kevingp12]

Yup I've been there

[@1nvisible1]

*What kind of fish was that?*

[@jamesbehrje4279]

That's not really water. An apoxy factory had a bad accident and leaked all this clear apoxy into the environment. Someone needs to alert the E.P.A.!!!!

[@jamesbehrje4279]

​@@1nvisible1a dead fish

[@christinerobbins9376]

That is exactly what it reminds me of. Silver Springs in Florida, on a glass bottom boat. But it is even more amazing to see this through nature's "glass bottom" 😂❤

[@beautifulnightmare4308]

That is breathtakingly beautiful! Thank you Internet and algorithm for coming together to bring me this little slice of heaven on earth!❤

One of those rare, once in a lifetime special moments, the memory of which you will cherish always. Thank you for sharing❤

[@AJ-fp1oe]

Needs a before and after

[@lloydhenderson1456]

Dang it gets that cold awsome

[@jeanettabrooks7504]

Absolutely exhilarating- the natural beauty of the earth encapsulated in a window of transparent ice. Thank you for this!

[@budzfloor]

That is one of the prettiest things I have ever seen. Thank you all so much for sharing this with us

[@rustleshackleford1553]

That's one of the most awesome things I've seen.

[@yunglardastar5366]

Not really might be the most dumbest and dangerous thing I've seen 😇😮

[@legolorian3271]

@@yunglardastar5366yeah well people like this are getting outside and making the most of their life while you are curled up inside doing nothing as each day of your life fades away

[@troys.3148]

I agree . completely badass

[@drewbarrymore8660]

@@yunglardastar5366lol you have a fear of living. Stay safe in a bubble lol

[@andrewscott985]

Wow, it's breathtaking even from behind a screen. Being there, I think it's an experience beyond words. Thank you.

[@louiehunter6490]

It seems like a completely lifeless lake even though it's fairly large. That's a truly unique event and a good video

[@brianhunt9614]

I’ve skated many lakes and fished a fair few and never experienced ice that clear. That was a memorable short. Kudos!

[@micheler3011]

Amazing but scary, it’s a chance of a lifetime but I would have been to scared to even go out on the ice, in fear of it cracking and my falling into the depths and not being able to get out. Thanks for sharing!

[@user-FM1]

Yeah , no thanks not for me 😂

[@bobwoods1302]

I remember as kids going to a ski-doo race on a frozen lake. My mom who is terrified of water said the whole way up she would not go out on the ice. When we got there and she saw tractor trailers out on the ice she actually went out.

[@JaylolTV]

terrified of water did she smell often?@@bobwoods1302

[@patrickcoyne1292]

the ice is like a foot thick. it can support a truck.

[@micheler3011]

@@patrickcoyne1292 thanks for sharing this, looked so shallow and the ice looked thin , maybe because you can see right through. Amazing it could be that solid to be even able to hold people up , guess it’s because I am from an island in the Caribbean, it’s unthinkable to me but glad you mentioned that. God bless!

[@saraaranel]

I've experienced this near my hometown a few years ago. I nearly cried of beauty every 10 mins. ❤️

[@queend9759]

Woweee, you're soo lucky

[@toddburgess5056]

Sounds like an emotional rollercoaster. How many hours did this go on for ? 😭🎢😭🚣🏼‍♀️

[@cuzr702]

Don’t take much for this new generation to break down in tears. Good lord.

[@lizaking25]

​@@cuzr702aw, sorry. I really do hope you find true joy in your life.

[@dissipatedfog]

@@cuzr702It’s too bad that beauty has never affected you so strongly, you’ve missed out on so much in life.

[@Bebe.B.]

Our planet is beautiful!

[@cmbells7736]

In just a few years you'll be saying was. This is a jest of sorts.

[@ReadRomans10]

​@@cmbells7736Isaiah chapter 24 in the kjv speaks volumes.

[@ZahraAbatari]

Half of planet is already destroyed by human so sad🥲

[@ReadRomans10]

@@ZahraAbatari prophetic times. Jesus will make all things new. Start with the book of John and at least the first 10 chapters of Romans.

[@DeborahE7]

Plane. We live on a plane. An infinite plane. And yes, it’s beautiful. A piece of the plane within the Antarctic basin where we live is a “planette” where we get the word “planet” from. But unfortunately many people still believe that the earth is a “planet” ball in a heliocentric system. Indeed a beautiful piece of the plane it is.

[@Pulsonar]

Such a wonderful spectacle, and beautifully captured. This is where KZbin shines, in capturing exotic things that I’ll never be able to afford to travel to and visit in my lifetime.

[@blackdogX13]

Yup!

[@NadeemAhmed-nv2br]

Even if you could afford it, it happens once in a decade and is unpredictable so you would have to have pure luck to even see it

[@jeanettabrooks7504]

Never say never😊

[@jskyler7]

Spectacular!!!

[@Dataclysm]

There will always be beauty somewhere in the world. No matter how ugly things may get.

[@Judge_Magister]

True and this is why God will never intervene.

[@sherylbeasley4938]

​@@Judge_MagisterThere are no god(s).

[@Judge_Magister]

@@sherylbeasley4938 really then why are you here?

[@sherylbeasley4938]

@@Judge_Magister To spread the good word,what else!

[@Meekavintage]

Yes you just have to look for it

[@managerof3monsters]

Nature is miraculous…just beautiful ♥️

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

This is what KZbin is all about. People going to amazing places and we are able to witness it.

[@michaelhaile6371]

🎯 It's what it should be about instead of all this foolishness!

[@JuliaJames-zx5xy]

Stunning. Thank you for sharing the beauty you've captured on video. 🙌👏🙏🥰

[@Estrella_711]

The scenery of the mountain and looking straight dwn in the water is breathtaking .and so peaceful.❤

[@robaxl3088]

Wow….I’ve seen many things through these eyes of mine in the past 50 years …this is exceptional.

[@Liynkx]

It's wonderful to have rare breathtaking experiences like this. Glad you got some great footage. I'm sure pro photographers would do anything to have been there.

[@yesconstructionltd]

This reminds me of my childhood. I have experienced this only once in my life and I am holding onto this memory so much. I come from Poland and that one year was so different to the others as the temperature dropped -10 before any snow dropped and stayed like this for weeks. This was just before Christmas and I was 12 years old. I took my skates and I went to the lake. There were no skate marks on the ice, I was first. From the lake I skated into the joining rivers and I did it for hours. I didn't feel cold or hungry, it was beautiful. Whenever I feel sad, I go back there in my memories and I skate. It's amazing to experience something like this and as you say, it doesn't happen very often.

[@carriered4715]

That's such a Wonderful and Special memory you have, of that Time, all those years ago. How amazing ! I'm glad you have it, and can summon it up when you need to. 💖

[@cleanserene6330]

Thank you for sharing your special memory

[@craigdeandean4036]

That is breathtakingly beautiful! Thank you I have never seen Anything like that!

[@Quellthathitta]

Glad they were able to capture this moment in time

[@Weekend658]

New fear unlocked… Florida water freezes and as I skate over the lakes, 6 crocodiles 🐊 are frozen with their eyes open starring at me…. 😂

[@suzie9404]

11 years of my life were devoted to competitive figure skating. My dad grew up in Boston and he told me about the frozen lakes he skated on while he was growing up. So I always wished I could skate on a lake or a huge pond. (In Seattle it doesn't get cold enough to freeze a lake, maybe a small pond or a large mud puddle 🫤) But THIS is just above and beyond anything I've ever dreamed of. It's amazing and absolutely beautiful. ........I know one thing for sure though, I would send someone else out first to see if it was gonna hold weight.... I'd be too scared that the ice would break. That water is so clear that it doesn't even look like ice! Thanks for sharing!

[@NonHalalBacon]

A bucket list you never thought of. Amazing.

[@auroralights2759]

You should add real Northern Lights too. Not just green light. All the colors dancing in the sky.

[@OverRule1]

There are so many things in the world worth a bucket list just because of how big the world is and how many things there are yet no one person will complete .0001% in 100 years of never stopping. On the other hand if you are a free going mind that really don't care about those things and just love to live in the moment instead of what you did in the past or what you are going to do in the future... Now that mind set is worth more than anything

[@chunter3882]

Lame bucket list

[@Hava_Hadi]

I so appreciate the beautiful view! It’s even better hearing laughter and awe.

[@sam7893]

Amazingly beautiful. Isn’t nature wonderful? ❤

[@Med1na2012]

That would feel like being on a skydeck or swimming in one of the glass bottom pools hanging off the side of a building! Freaky heart pounding yet so beautiful! Great upload

[@lifeoflouietheboxer4946]

Absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for sharing

[@Cortiana77]

Thank you for sharing this!! I'd never get to see it in person, but it's beautiful to watch. ❤❤

[@laurieboughfman5727]

So amazingly cool! I miss ice skating, and to do it at this particular location would be once in a lifetime. I live vicariously through you. Thank you!

[@HQBergeron]

Amazing! I don’t know how you can tell the ice is thick enough to support you. Beautiful color!

[@hiddengem9742]

Fun fact: 6inchs of ice can hold a garbage truck up. So ice can hold a lot as long as it's a couple inches

[@jollygoodyo]

​@@hiddengem9742 I've lived my entire life in the tropics. That's an amazing insight. Thank you.

[@spiderrrrrrman]

Even if can't support you, it's only 3 or 4 feet deep.

[@chrisg1749]

​@@spiderrrrrrman 3-4 meters* which is up to 13 feet deep ..... there's no pushing off the bottom there. Those rocks are huge compared to the people skating above. I wouldn't be surprised if it was even deeper in spots.

[@hlf_coder6272]

@@hiddengem9742 That's pushing it. The guidelines for a larger truck like that are actually 12 inches, not 6. A passenger car is 7.5 inches. For a single person on foot it's 3 inches of ice.

[@chugginbeers]

Growing up on a lake and skating daily when i played hockey allowed me to see this only a few times. The perfect temps and weather conditions must occur.

[@TrustKnowWun]

As teenagers in our neighborhood, we used to skate on a pond/swamp every year. There would be large patches that froze crystal clear like this. So amazing to see. Once I was caught in a snow-devil, miniature tornado about 10 ft tall with snow swirling in it. It pulled me along about 10 mph for couple hundred feet. I will NEVER forget that experience. Amazing stuff!

[@veggiesarefruits]

Wow! I just had this image that you were in a snow globe! Now you know what it's like! 😂

[@christophermollan1684]

I was an ice rescue ( and water) trainer in NJ USA....this was amazing...looking up at the ice from under water is so surreal... you can hear the ice cracking.... stunningly beautiful!!!!!

[@terriseaton3049]

The combination of skating & filming at the same time. Breathtaking!

[@ThePrasadFamily]

Wow 🤩 that’s so cool I wish I could see something like that but I can’t even I skate

[@cc_snipergirl]

Got to witness something similar about ten years ago at a lake in my aunt's backyard. For it not to snow like that, the temperature has to drop like a rock to the point that it's too cold to snow. It went from ~40°F to ~-10°F overnight that night. The lake froze over thick enough to walk on in a very short time. You couldn't see the bottom, but there was no snow, so it was like a huge black mirror extending into the horizon. You could literally see yourself clear as day if you looked down. Walked out on it during sunset and it was reflecting everything, all orange and pink. Very beautiful, and something I'll never forget.

[@alidabotes6264]

Oh wow!

[@sherryblanton2029]

God’s Amazing Creation! And You were there to see it and experience it! What a Blessing!

[@mariaovelar6645]

La creación de Jehová es maravillosa

[@doughochstatter9653]

I've never seen ice so clear that was thick enough to ice-skate on.

[@jennaeveliina313]

Here in Finland, we have it every single winter. Mostly lakes but sometimes even the ocean has ice thick enough to go skiing or iceskating

[@Mischa21xo]

Finland is such a stunningly beautiful country! Staying at one of the glass igloo's is #1 on my list when I next have some time to travel. You are so lucky to live there!

[@jennaeveliina313]

@@Mischa21xo ironic enough, but i hate cold so much, that i would never stay/sleep in them but i gotta admit that theyve beautiful. I live in the Southern part of Finland so we dont have them here, even i would have to take trip up North if i wanted to visit them.

[@annakeith6191]

Thank you for sharing 😮 Spectacular!

[@markmoorhead1442]

I wonder how thick the ice was at that time. Such a beautiful place and unique experience for them, thank you for sharing !

[@_trismegistus]

At least 3mm for sure

[@comforth3898]

1 metre

[@aussie_gal]

​@@comforth3898really? That's fairly deep ice

[@Icanlogonnow]

Ice needs to be at least 6 inches to safely support 1 person. 8 inches for a group of people(hockey game). For that thick of ice to freeze over so smoothly and clearly, really is a rare and incredible event.

[@deontaywallaceescalade]

He said the ice was 6 meters thick and the Lake was 3 kilometers deep or about 86 milles deep.

[@DonCartier-h1n]

Saw this once as a kid. It was a small stream that fed a local pond. Thought it was the coolest thing.

[@joannesmith9486]

How privileged we are to be able to share this already rare window into nature’s most beautiful happenings… so silent and peaceful, broken only by the wind and the crackle of the crystalline ice lake ‘neath your skates!! You have been blessed… yes?

[@hextremelydesirable1648]

you made me want a glass of ice water... PLS coin $0.00005

[@joywarriorspack]

Nature has always been my church

[@divinechijindu7465]

You read Shakespeare?

[@TJlolbagger]

... sure.

[@believe2806]

Things like this remind me of how lucky I am to be here on earth…Beautiful…

[@fmt_Guåhan]

How privileged it is to experience the true beauty of nature... ❤

[@AirborneAnt]

Wait wait wait…you got Human Privilege??…get her outta here!!!! LOL

[@madlen5733]

@@AirborneAntSame thoughts! Why are people so obsessed with this word 😂

[@jjones503]

Privileged isn't the word you think it is.

[@stephaniekaiser2200]

Beautiful yet scary because it's hard to tell how thick the ice is.

[@Evitaschannel]

​@@AirborneAntTo be able to travel is 100% a privilege idk why that's so incendiary to say

[@AlaskaChromeProductions]

That water is so clean I drank out of it at 19 when I did the 4 mile hike to the lake. Such a great hike.

[@GoingGoneGalt]

Wow.... I did not know lake ice could ever freeze that clear. Amazing and beautiful!

[@ex0stasis72]

You can freeze ice in your freezer that clear as long as you insulate 5 out of the 6 sides of the block and take the ice out before it freezes from top to bottom. It forces the ice to freeze in only one direction pushing all the impurities to the bottom where you can remove the ice before it freezes that low or chop it off with a very sharp knife. If you freeze water from all sides, it will just push all the impurities that cause murkiness to the center. Plus, as ice expands as it freezes it will cause a pressure build up from the center and cause internal cracking of the ice cube.

[@TheVardoHouse]

In Alberta we have more than a few places like this in the Rockies especially between kananaskis valley and the Alaska boarder there are a multitude of lakes like this.

[@GoingGoneGalt]

@@ex0stasis72 I know you can do it at home, just use distilled water and boil the air out of it before putting it in the freezer. Insulating the container except for the top would probably help a lot too, for the reasons you bring up. I just never thought it could happen on this scale. The lack of any vegetation is probably the biggest difference, as no methane bubbles coming up from decomposing bio matter below.

[@nerdicperson6235]

That is the most beautiful thing ive yet seen in my whole life..

[@IrishAcres]

Thank you for sharing this with all of us.

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

I've got to do this a couple of times. Where I'm from, the lakes freeze every year, but once in a while you get exactly this - such a rare and unexpected treat. Everyone is so happy and excited when this happens.

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

@HC-sb1ru It was hard to tell. I'm guessing somewhere between 6 inches and a foot. I may he way off though.

[@spiceystonefemme]

May I ask where you live?

[@cariboubearmalachy1174]

@@spiceystonefemme Northern Canada. Or at least I used to.

[@SofaKingShit]

I experienced this in Norway '99 and l didn't like it. I used to jump snowboards 30 meters or so but that was just too scary. I only got out onto the ice until the water was deeper than me. Freaked me out. Btw we chipped pieces of ice off and spun them over the lake and they skidded away seemingly forever.

[@lulugust8140]

​@@SofaKingShitLOL LOL LOL

[@rhonimiller1172]

That is amazing to see❤ Thank you so much for sharing 😊

[@washaa]

I experienced this while skating in the Swedish archipelago north of Gothenburg ten years ago. We spoke with others we met and got to know it had been 40 years since it last happened. It was a partial but large area around Tjörn, within the islands. It was still very close to open ocean. About five inches of black, clear ice. It felt like skating on a mirror. Simultaneously we could observe the ice stretching far out towards the sea, where the ice undulated slightly on top of the waves beneath The conditions leading up to that weekend were similar. No downfall, no wind, clear cold skies and a calm ocean. I have seen a couple of lakes with similar quality since, but never on the ocean. I will never forget it.

[@johnsmith2598]

Cool

[@SanniSandyBunny2000]

@washaa, you have a wonderful gift to be able to paint a picture with your words. I could imagine that ice on the waves. Thanks for sharing your experience and memories.😊 Have a great day.

[@hakangustavsson3538]

Härligt!

[@victoriavonheals2384]

Once in a lifetime experience.

[@washaa]

​@@SanniSandyBunny2000 Thank you! I was only inspired by the video to share an old memory. Those ices really seemed to stretch out towards the horizon. It's hard to imagine a completely flat plane like that if you haven't stood on one. It was mildly disorienting even. Since the winds were calm, the alien sounds from the ice semed to carry for miles along the coast. It is interesting to see it from a differnet perspective compared to sailing during summer. Everyone should try tour skating, it is a relaxing and smooth way to travel. Once you get your speed up, hardly any effort is requried when not going against the wind. It's simply enough to rock your weight between the two skates and you will zip along.

[@CaptainsDen]

That’s an incredible experience.

[@brianmccann1578]

You couldn’t pay me any amount of money to skate on that ! NOPE !!!!

[@williamcmaylo6597]

We grew up in Central NY, ice skating on the old Erie Canal every winter. At an area that we called "wide-waters" the ice there was always "see-through". Obvious it wasn't as deep as in this picture, nor was it as beautiful under the ice as here. But, it was a cool thing to be able to skate on it! Thanks for the memories!

[@browsman2328]

I grew up there too, Sherrill NY, but never saw ice this clear

[@ericschulze5641]

N. Syracuse we used to skate on the creeks and ponds around here I've seen it many times, sounds like your from E.syracuse if you went to esm in the late 70s early 80s you probably know my cousins

[@Readysetgo2007]

Can you describe what you saw under the ice?

[@ericschulze5641]

Idk about the other people, but basically it looks the same as when it's not frozen, kinda like your looking though glass

[@JPAttitude]

I experienced it once, with my two little daughters. It's like ice skating and flying at the same time. Hard freeze overnight with no wind or snow is what causes it.