A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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The term “rotten ice” is an U.S. Coast Guard classification used to describe, usually in late winter, old melting ice. It is also called weak or soft ice. This year with the warm days we have had, there will be many places on the river where there may be rotten ice. When ice begins to thaw, the ice may be solid on the surface while unfrozen water may be channeling the underside. Rotten ice is white, brittle, and mixed with snow or filled with air bubbles. This ice is very dangerous and can break under lightweights. Even the weight of one pe...
