A couple weeks ago when Craig Johnson's snowmobile broke through the ice and he was soaked to the chest in arctic waters a long way from nowhere, things looked grim.
The shore ice is freezing up pretty solid about now. Later in the winter it will be eight feet thick and strong enough to drive a D9 Cat on. Driving on the ice saves time, the ice is flat and smooth. For whatever reason Craig broke through, like I said wetting himself to the chest. He wasn't far from land and he hoofed it the mile and a half to where he sought shelter in the below zero temps at the remnants of a tent platform used during the milder seasons for hunting and fishing.
Tracks out onto the shore ice.
He sat for 3 days emptying his gun at a wolverine that figured it had found a meal eventually fending it off with a stick. When found rescuers put him in a tent awaiting a flight, and he was in a lot of pain. Often people who spend a lot of time freezing end up loosing some parts, I hope that's not the case here and that Craig makes a timely and full recovery.
http://www.adn.com/...
Sun Dec 28, 2014 at 11:31 AM PT: ABC now has the story with great vid I can't post here. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...