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Ice skating on thin ice is both exciting and terrifying! In this video I explain the science that makes it possible and how use it to be as safe as possible.

Sources:

Critical & Coincidence Frequencies sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022460X97909925/pdf?md5=46fd6bad69743cb6402de08c7e4bbe6e&pid=1-s2.0-S0022460X97909925-main.pdf

Coincidence Frequency Chart
silentlistening.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/skating-on-ice.pdf

Gold's Formula
inf.gov.nt.ca/sites/inf/files/resources/0016-001_norex_ice_road_constr._web.pdf

Ice Flexural Strength
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211574961.pdf