How to Survive Falling through the Ice

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You can survive a plunge through thin ice – if you don’t panic.

Step 1: Test the ice
Never venture across a frozen body of water without first testing the ice with an ice spud, auger, or drill. Two inches can support one person; four inches are needed for two people; and five inches of solid ice are required to support a snowmobile or other off-road vehicle. Ice is generally thickest near the shore.

Tip
Ice that is dirty, milk-colored, or snow-covered is weaker than clear ice.

Step 2: Look for a stick
Look for a long, sturdy pole or stick to hang onto before crossing; that way, if the ice does give way, it may prevent you from falling all the way in.

Step 3: Crawl across frozen water
Crawl across frozen water on all fours so that your weight is distributed. Ice thickness can vary from spot to spot.

Step 4: Grip the pole
If you feel the ice beneath you cracking, grip the pole tightly--or spread your arms straight out if you have no pole--to break your fall and keep your torso above the water.

Tip
If you fall completely underwater, swim up to the hole you fell through, and use your elbows to pull your body up enough to get your arms on the ice.

Step 5: Steady your breathing
Spend a moment getting your breathing under control.

Step 6: Kick and pull
With your arms on the ice, start kicking your legs until your body is nearly horizontal with the surface. Then slither your body onto the ice, in the direction you came from.

Step 7: Roll and crawl
Roll yourself away from the hole, and crawl back to shore on your stomach.

Tip
If you got out of the water fairly quickly, roll around in the fluffiest snow you can find; it will blot up some of the wetness before it reaches your skin.

Step 8: Stick to the ice
If you can’t get out within 10 minutes, hypothermia may set in and make moving your legs impossible. In that case, put your wet arms on the ice so they freeze there and prevent you from going under. And start yelling for help.

Tip
Stay still to preserve body heat, and try not to panic: Despite how cold and stiff you feel, you will not freeze to death in a matter of moments.

Step 9: Thaw out
Once you're out of the water, get out of your wet clothes as soon as possible and sip warm -- not hot -- nonalcoholic liquids. Then get to a hospital for an evaluation; hypothermia can cause dangerous aftereffects that aren’t always immediately apparent.

Did You Know?
Approximately 1,000 Americans fall through ice each year.

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This literally saved my life today.

I never knew how calm and automatic it would be for me. I didn’t think, I just did what I’ve watched a hundred times, and I got out.

Thanks 👍👍

WhateverIWantChannel

This video gave me a nightmare once, yet I still watch it over and over. Why am I like this?

grandpa

How to survive falling through ice-
Don't go on it in the first place.

Pizzaboy

what i always say you never know when a disaster will happen until it does

MsAnitaPink

How would it feel like to jump in ice water naked?

ZaBraGoz

Yes, good logic. After he got out of the ice several times they kept showing him trying different methods to get out. Genius.

Bammiegal

0:33-0:38: I am canadian and i approve of this messige.

Bigboss-zuxc

This is the most *chill* video i’ve seen on Surviving the fall through ice.

Jussick

If you stand up on broken ice, It will crack again.

XNDUIWOfficial

the video sounds like someone tapping trying to get out

zoeybatterup

I live in Florida. Pretty sure I'm safe.

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CloudMechanic

A better way

1. Go out on your Tauntaun looking for your friend in the middle of a snowstorm

2. Wait for the tautaun to freeze and cut it open and put your friend inside until you can get a shelter up

3. Be found by a rebel commander and go argue with a princess

reyiden