Insane Canadian Fishermen (Must see this video, it is too funny)

Interesting, Weird, and Educational Videos ^ | 12/18/09 | ????

[Tom Hawks]

I just copied the whole setup to the video. If I am not mistaken, there are something called 'Polar bear" clubs all over that has people swimming in frozen lakes, but this video is funny.

[mel]

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[mel]

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[NaughtiusMaximus]

We used to do that after our Saturday night sauna.

Wouldn’t do that nowadays though. Old ticker wouldn’t stand it.

We were strong as young bulls back in the day.

[x_plus_one]

What is the water temp?

[pgkdan]

The piece off ice they cut out is about 2 ft thick so I’d say pretty damned cold!

[pgkdan]

Insane is right! LOL

[OneVike]

Actually, the water is warmer than the air, or it would be frozen. So it is actually much nicer in the water then it is out of the water. However, eventually your body temp would drop and you would suffer from hypothermia and die. So for short periods of time it is fine, but not much more.

Also, when you get out, the air temperature would begin freezing the water on your body. I would hope these two have a running vehicle with the heater going or they will be sorry.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

What is the water temp?

When you think about it, it can't be less than 32 or it would be ice. But it isn't much greater either. (The fish taken out of such water are incredibly delicious.)

[ErnBatavia]

Uffda....and those folks are speaking in “Brainerd” tongue.

[1rudeboy]

A windless day greatly helps.

[duckman]

For some reason, extreme shrinkage comes to mind.

[Sigurdrifta]

For fresh water under the ice it will be 4 deg C (temperature of maximum density of fresh water).

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Water is a unique substance — it’s density increases until it reaches about 39* F. That allows the colder water to rise to the top — where ice forms at 32*F. Ice can get much, much colder.

In a shallow, frozen lake, the bottom layer will eventually be 39*F, and the top layer will be 32* F. If water behaved like any other liquid, lakes would freeze from the bottom up & fishing wouldn’t be so good in most of Canada.

BTW, that ice isn’t very thick by the standards of the far north. Six feet of ice is pretty common there — if you don’t want to spend all day chopping and sawing, you need a gas-powered ice auger.

[Korah]

Your information about water and its reaction to freezing temperatures is one of the many reasons Free Republic is such a great site.

Visiting FreeRepublic is always an educational experience for me, and thus the reason liberals hate us so much. We are all about the truth, and even if we disagree with each other, we still discourse and attempt to reach the truth not a consensus.


Thank you for making me think and my knowledge grow a bit bigger.

[astyanax]

Uffda....and those folks are speaking in “Brainerd” tongue.
LOL! I grew up in Brainerd. However, I've never heard anyone speak "Canadian" there.
You are aware that "Fargo" was not a documentary, right?
;o)

[mickey finn]

“For some reason, extreme shrinkage comes to mind.”

Like a frightened turtle! It also is a natural protection from toothy predators like pike and musky.

[katlynne11]

When I was in medical school we watched a video in physiology class demonstrating the effects of jumping into hot water, tepid water, and ice cold water. The thing I remember was that without equivocation the subjects blood pressure jumped up to an astonishing degree (stroke levels)by jumping into icy cold water. There was massive vasoconstriction peripherally, shunting blood to vital central organs.

[Moltke]

Actually, the water is warmer than the air, or it would be frozen. So it is actually much nicer in the water then it is out of the water.

Nope. The heat transfer from/to water vs. air is *many* times greater. Cold water will kill you dead *much* faster than air at the same temperature.

[JerseyHighlander]

watch again later