* ICE SHELF DANGERS *

The above photo was done safely with a zoom from the side. I don't venture onto shelf ice ever.

In a mere 24 seconds Notice how with the same pressure sometimes just a little ice breaks away. Sometimes A MASSIVE AMOUNT breaks away. DON'T HIKE ON IT!

SHELF ICE is so cOmPleX and so BEAUTIFUL. The complexity makes it DEADLY. PLEASE, Please, please DO NOT go anywhere close to the ice. YOU don't know if you are on the beach or merely sand covering SHELF ICE.

A few things to consider:

Shelf ice is a bridge to death built by the low bidder.
Shelf ice looks massively strong like the rock of Gibraltar. It is an imposter. It is fake.
Shelf ice is eroded by:

A. Waves

B. Wind

C. Wake

YOUR LIFE will be stunted.

(WARNING: Please don't read this if you are squeamish as it describes something unsettling-- DEATH.)

(It was so troubling to write this. -Ron)

A. YOU will hear a CRaCK

B. YOU will see ice falling into the icy cold water beneath you

C. YOU will utter a blood curling SCREAM!

D. YOU will let out EXPLETIVES at the top of your lungs

F. YOU will have emptied your last bit of air within you

G. YOU will fall

H. YOU will feel wet

I. YOU will shiver

J. YOU will feel paralysis

K. YOU will feel your heart rate increase, and Increase, and INCREASE from resting

L. YOUR will feel TACHYARRHYTHMIA {Picture the tach in your car two inches past REDLINE}

M. YOU can't scream.

N. YOU can't reach up

O. YOU can't get a grip on the ice shattered into tiny pieces

P. YOU will see your family and friends staring down at you

Q. YOU will hear your family and friends ***SCREAMING*** at you

R. YOU will see your family and friends throwing their arms UP and out

S. YOU will see your family and friends frantically turning and looking for the person who can help

T. YOU will see your family and friends looking for a long stick or branch or a piece of rope

U. YOU will see some of your family and friends running back for anyone who can help

V. YOU will see a loved one running to jump in to be with you

W. YOU will see another loved one grabbing them with all their force

X. YOU will be smashed by the waves against the concrete hard ice

Y. YOU will feel for a fraction of a second, your last one, the sensation of blacking out

Z. YOU DIDN'T DID YOU?

YOU won't hear the roar of sirens

YOU won't hear the scuba team yelling to each other DON'T! THE WAVES ARE TO STRONG!!

YOU won't hear the menacing whaling from your family and friends

YOU won't feel yourself dragged out far into the lake

YOU won't feel yourself tossed about for weeks as you deteriorate

YOU won't be able to get that insurance policy to help with finances for your family

YOU won't be able to apologize and ask for forgiveness as they discover your secrets

YOU won't be able see, hear, or touch your spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, grandparent, uncle, aunt, neighbor, classmate, coworker,... again

YOU won't see the next sunrise or sunset

YOU WON'T WILL YOU?

Ron Seman

THIS MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE

PICK A DIRECTION and try swimming toward where the ice shelf cliff isn't high as in feet but inches. THROW yourself on your back. KICK YOUR LEGS LIKE HELL pushing your self over the shelf ice.If it breaks keep kicking try again. Once you are on solid ice keep pushing yourself back away from the cliff. Be prepared for it to break again and repeat this process. Roll over and smoothly get up and quickly get away to land. Call emergency services (911 in he United States). SCREAM so that anyone else around you might her YOU AND ESCAPE DANGER!

If you are ice skating on smooth flat ice and you find the ice cracking and giving way and fall in, THROW yourself on your back. KICK YOUR LEGS LIKE HELL to push yourself over ice in the direction from where you had been skating from. If it breaks again keep kicking and try again. Once you are on solid ice keep pushing yourself back away from the hole. Be prepared for it to break again and repeat this process. Roll over and smoothly get up and quickly get away to land. Call emergency services (911 in he United States).

If you are on smooth flat ice and you are an ice fisherman and you find the ice cracking and giving way and fall in, if you are holding a pole grab it with both hands and hold it parallel to the ice to hopefully prevent you from falling through a hole in the ice. THROW yourself on your back. KICK YOUR LEGS LIKE HELL to push yourself over ice in the direction from where you had been coming from. If it breaks again keep kicking and try again. Once you are on solid ice keep pushing yourself back away from the hole. Be prepared for it to break again and repeat this process. Roll over and smoothly get up and quickly get away to land. Call emergency services (911 in he United States).

ONLY OWN A WATERPROOF smartphone and have it in an easily accessible and secure pocket.