The story is told of a newcomer to Alaska who started to cross a frozen river. As he walked along, he thought he heard a cracking sound and became frightened that the ice might break under him. He carefully lowered himself to distribute his weight more fully across the ice in hopes that it wouldn’t give way. After twenty minutes of cautious crawling, he heard the sound of a Jeep starting up on the other side of the frozen river. A few minutes later
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