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  2. Synthetic ice - Wikipedia

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    Synthetic ice is a solid polymer material designed for skating using normal metal-bladed ice skates. Rinks are constructed by interlocking panels. Rinks are constructed by interlocking panels. Synthetic ice is sometimes called artificial ice , but that term is ambiguous, as it is also used to mean the mechanically frozen skating surface created ...

  3. 'It happened so fast': Black ice turns roads into invisible ...

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    Slow down to stay safe when black ice could lurk Give yourself plenty of distance from other vehicles when traveling in cold weather. On bare pavement when traveling 50 miles per hour, a car ...

  4. Black ice - Wikipedia

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    Black ice transmits more light than white ice [18] which can be important for primary producers in lakes, such as phytoplankton. Black ice has a higher bearing capacity than white ice [17] which is important to consider for ice safety reasons when doing recreational activities on lakes, such as ice skating and ice fishing.

  5. Ice skating - Wikipedia

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    The book was written solely for men, as women did not normally ice skate in the late 18th century. It was with the publication of this manual that ice skating split into its two main disciplines, speed skating and figure skating. The founder of modern figure skating as it is known today was Jackson Haines, an American. He was the first skater ...

  6. Alaskans drawn to alpine lakes for 'once-in-a-decade' ice ...

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    Skating on wild ice has grown in popularity in recent years in the Anchorage area, thanks to a dedicated group of knowledgeable locals, a Facebook group where information on conditions can easily ...

  7. Why are Americans obsessed with a white Christmas? Blame ...

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    The texts we still hold on to from the 19th century all have snow and ice skating," Smith said. ... Crypto giant Tether invests $775 million in Trump-friendly video service Rumble. Food. Food.

  8. Congelation ice - Wikipedia

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    Snow ice is white due to the presence of air bubbles. Black ice grows downward from the bottom of the existing ice surface. The growth rate of the ice is proportional to the rate that heat is transferred from the water below the ice surface to the air above the ice surface. [4] The total ice thickness can be approximated from Stefan's equation.

  9. Ice road - Wikipedia

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    Snowmobile used to pull a sleigh on which there is a ground-penetrating radar, to obtain a continuous ice thickness profile. When an ice road is part of a winter road, as is commonly the case, its design and construction is comprised within the overall road planning, i.e. in conjunction with the over-land segments. [2]