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Guy Skates On Thin Black Ice And The Sound It Makes Is Out Of This World
If you ever skated on a frozen lake, surrounded by beautiful nature, you may know what the feeling of freedom and speed is. But skaters from Sweden, Henrik Trygg, and Mårten Ajne are experiencing more than this; they’re the enthusiasts of skating on very thin ice.
Last December freelance photographer Trygg filmed his friend Marten Ajne skating on a freshly frozen lake outside of Stockholm. In this short film, the skater glides across the surface as his weight cracks the ice, producing a sound unlike any other. The style they employ is Nordic skating, a long distance ice skating on lakes and skaters usually cover from 50 to 100 kilometers a day.
“I have been skating for 25 years, I started out with some climbing friends, just to get some more adventure on home turf during the long dark winters!” Trygg told Bored Panda. He also published two books about Nordic ice skating and many articles for different magazines. “So maybe you can call me winter activities professional,” Trygg said.
Trygg explained that so-called black ice is a phenomenon when the ice is new, pristine and barely holds for to skate on it.
“The reward is to hear it singing, bending and cracking without falling through. It’s not so dangerous when you know what you’re doing and have the right equipment and know how to use it.” Trygg explained. “We fall through at least a couple of times every winter, but that’s not so dramatic, because you’re up pretty quickly and also we have dry clothes with us, so we can continue skating.” the photographer elaborated on possible obstacles on and how they overcome them.
But how so that the skaters do not fall through the ice? Trygg quotes the skater Mårten Ajne: “Three-dimensional stress-distribution prevents the ice-cover from breaking. [It is] the same principle as for an arch or a dome.”
“The skater’s weight causes the ice to bend like an arch. Even if a crack forms, the compressive force from the surrounding ice laterally pushes the separation together” Trygg added.
Watch the video below and listen to the amazingly weird sounds of ice!
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Skaters from Sweden, Henrik Trygg and Mårten Ajne, are enthusiasts of skating on very thin ice
Last December Trygg filmed Marten skating on a freshly frozen lake outside of Stockholm
Nordic skating is a long distance ice skating on lakes and skaters usually cover from 50 to 100 kilometers a day
The skater glides across the surface as his weight cracks the ice, producing a sound unlike any other
Trygg has been skating for 25 years and has already published two books about Nordic ice skating
“The reward is to hear it singing, bending and cracking without falling through” says Trygg
The so-called black ice is a phenomenon when the ice is new, pristine and barely holds for to skate on it
“The skater’s weight causes the ice to bend like an arch. Even if a crack forms, compressive force from the surrounding ice laterally pushes the separation together”
Watch the video and listen to the sound of ice
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MBZ MetalsmithArtist 6 years ago
Stunningly beautiful, but OMG That seems like a really bad idea...I'd be terrified of falling through the ice
Zori the degu 6 years ago
I've watched two other videos with identical sounds: first one was of two guys throwing stones on a frozen lake's surface, the other one was the music video of "Go go yellow screen" from Digital Emotion. This video was really cool too!
jenna 6 years ago
When there would be more skaters in this area? You will hear quite different sounds :). The ice will break: you'll hear it cracking, and you will hear the screams of the people who got wet. This ice is mostly in shallow water, so they won't drown. But I wouldn't try skating here with too many people (I know, I am from the Netherlands at an age that everything used to be frozen over :)).
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Sissi Redegold 6 years ago
Skating on ice usually makes a strumming noise (just like in the beginning of Kate Bush‘s „Under Ice“ / Hounds of Love) but THIS is something else! Gosh, it is eerie! And so loud!
jenna 6 years ago
When I was young, we were told not to go onto the ice if it made the wheeing sound because you would ruin the ice for others because it was yet to thin and you might easily break it.
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MBZ MetalsmithArtist 6 years ago
Stunningly beautiful, but OMG That seems like a really bad idea...I'd be terrified of falling through the ice
Zori the degu 6 years ago
I've watched two other videos with identical sounds: first one was of two guys throwing stones on a frozen lake's surface, the other one was the music video of "Go go yellow screen" from Digital Emotion. This video was really cool too!
jenna 6 years ago
When there would be more skaters in this area? You will hear quite different sounds :). The ice will break: you'll hear it cracking, and you will hear the screams of the people who got wet. This ice is mostly in shallow water, so they won't drown. But I wouldn't try skating here with too many people (I know, I am from the Netherlands at an age that everything used to be frozen over :)).
Load More Replies... Sissi Redegold 6 years ago
Skating on ice usually makes a strumming noise (just like in the beginning of Kate Bush‘s „Under Ice“ / Hounds of Love) but THIS is something else! Gosh, it is eerie! And so loud!
jenna 6 years ago
When I was young, we were told not to go onto the ice if it made the wheeing sound because you would ruin the ice for others because it was yet to thin and you might easily break it.
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