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Each year on New Years Day, I take photos of the annual Polar Bear Swim that takes place in our town. So this year there was an ice buildup along the shore, much like you see in the photo above. I took a position on one of those ice ledges a half hour before the swim was about to start. I was the only one out there. As the time for the start approached, 60 people came out on the ice. A 10 year old boy positioned himself next to me and started chatting me up, when all of a sudden two large pieces that we were standing on broke free and started to drift into the lake. One hand on my camera and the other on the collar of the boy to keep him from falling in. We managed to get back onto the main ice formation before the little iceburg drifed out into the middle of Lake Ontario. The kid came back later and said, "Thanks for saving me." Nice kid. I got a boot full of icy water for the experience.
Click here to see the brave souls jumping into the 0 degree C lake.
