How do you get out of ice safely?
How To Get Yourself Out Of Ice Safely
A2 English listening practice · American English · Picked for people who know a little
Americans in cold-winter states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine) learn a specific set of ice-safety steps. If you fall through thin ice into cold water: stay calm, turn back toward the side you came from, kick your legs flat to the surface, pull yourself up, then roll away from the hole. The roll matters: spreading your weight across the ice keeps it from breaking again. Standing up too soon puts your full weight on a small spot and can crack the ice all over.
In this clip, a swimmer demonstrates each step and ends with the punchline: “That’s how you get out of ice.”
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- ▸In American Boy Scouts and outdoor-education classes
- ▸In American Department of Natural Resources winter safety videos
- ▸In American Minnesota and Wisconsin local-news ice-safety reports
- ▸In American ice-fishing YouTube channels
- ▸In American sled-dog and arctic-trip preparation content