{"id":1680,"date":"2010-10-01T04:10:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T04:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:46","slug":"green-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2010\/green-ice\/","title":{"rendered":"Green ice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently the correct term for ice which looks like glass, is &#8220;green ice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst skating over some incredibly smooth &#8220;green ice&#8221;, Dave Young decided to poke a hole in it to see how good the visibility was. It then dawned on me that he could attach my ATC2k camera to the end of the pole and record upwards through the ice, so I pulled it out, handed it over, and the video below was the result!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1682\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2010\/10\/01\/green-ice\/dave_young3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1682\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/dave_young3-450x337.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1682\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Young poking a hole through the ice with his pole<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1681\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2010\/10\/01\/green-ice\/black_ice1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1681\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/black_ice1-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1681\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Knowles standing on perfect 'green ice'<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1683\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2010\/10\/01\/green-ice\/dave_young4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1683\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/dave_young4-450x600.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1683\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Young standing on some super clear 'green ice'<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1684\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2010\/10\/01\/green-ice\/ice1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1684\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2010\/07\/ice1-450x337.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1684\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocks as seen through the ice<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently the correct term for ice which looks like glass, is &#8220;green ice&#8221;. 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