Английская Википедия:Ice carousel
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Seealso An ice carousel is a circular piece of ice made to spin like a carousel within a larger body of water, often a frozen lake. It is a man-made phenomenon, made by cutting the floating ice sheet, unlike the natural rotating ice circles.
History
In 2017, Janne Käpylehto carved one in Lohja, in Finland.[1]
Two men created one in Burntside Lake, near Ely, Minnesota, in 2018.[2]
An ice carousel created in Little Falls, Minnesota in early 2019 was dubbed the largest in the world.[3]
In December 2019, on a lake in Clerval, Abitibi, Québec, Canada, a team constructed an ice carousel with a diameter of Шаблон:Convert and an area of Шаблон:Convert, surpassing the prior record of Шаблон:Convert set in the United States. The feat was recognized by the World Ice Carousel Association, which keeps track of records.[4]
An even larger ice carousel was cut into Lake Lappajärvi in Finland by Janne Käpylehto's team in February 2023. The carousel has a diameter of Шаблон:Convert. [5]
In April 2023, Volunteers in Madawaska, Maine, United States of America created an even larger ice carousel totaling 1,776 feet in diameter.[6]
References
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