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Entries in ice (2)

Tuesday
Feb282012

Lawn Mower Racing On Ice

DateTuesday, February 28, 2012 at 10:05PM

 

 

 

Lawn mowers are supposed to be for cutting grass, but put them on ice and you have Finland's hottest new sport: ice lawn mower racing.

The country just held its third annual Winter Grand Prix near the town of Jarvenpaa, and the highlight was the ice lawn mower race where teams from England, Estonia and Luxembourg faced a local team in a grueling competition.

Normally a British sport, lawn mower racing has sprouted up in other countries, but the Finns take it in a direction not originally intended, since lawn mowers aren't typically used in the snow.

The object of the sport is to ride a lawn mower and accumulate as many laps as possible around a 1968-foot track in three hours, which isn't always easy, according to British racer Jason Huskinson, especially since race organizers add water on top of the snow and let it freeze to make the surface even more slippery.

"It's really bumpy. I'm really tired out. Brilliant," Huskinson told Reuters reporter Ellie Park.

Since the mowers reach speeds of 30 mph, fellow racer Mark Botts says the secret to succeeding is giving up any claims to sanity.

"You have to be crazy to do this," he told Park.

The competition was heated, but the Estonian team rolled away with the top prize by completing 136 laps.

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Monday
Dec052011

"Brinicle" ice finger of death 

DateMonday, December 5, 2011 at 12:00PM

Hats off to BBC cameramen Hugh Miller and Doug Anderson for capturing this once-in-a-lifetime shot of an "Icicle Of Death" for David Attenborough's Frozen Planet nature documentary series.

As you'll find out from David's soothing voiceover, the underwater tornado - of a sort - is formed by the expanding ice above, which gives off extremely concentrated salt.

This salt, being heavier than water, goes to the bottom of the ocean, but does so in a way that somehow scares the dickens out of us.

And in case you were wondering, the footage was taken off Little Razorback Island, which is near Antarctica's Ross Archipelago. So next time you're down that way, check it out! Or, thinking about it, maybe not...

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