Taking Winter Risks

In Newfoundland - I've heard - young men test their mettle in winter by jumping from one chunk of floating ice to another. (Do they forget that the ice is on the ocean?!) They actually try to see how far they can go, I've heard, walking on floating pieces of ice! (When looking to see if I could find a You Tube clip, I discovered that ice walking is popular in Sweden too!)

I've never seen that in Ottawa... But I have seen men of all ages risk life and limb to remove ice and snow from roofs...






















... like this man...

















...who presumably wants to prevent the snow from landing on someone!






















(Fortunately he didn't fall!)