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Ice Fishing in the New York Adirondacks
February 10-12, 2012

Raquette Pond in Tupper Lake
[A very cloudy sky over a snow-capped frozen water mass. Stick-like vegetation can be seen in foreground and evergreens seen to one side.]

Shacks, car, and snowmobile on Raquette Pond
[Different view of the same pond with 4 wooden shacks one car and one snowmobile on the ice.]

Closeup of shacks and vehicles
[Closer view of three of the shacks, the car and the snowmobile.]

Cumberland Bay ice fishing tents in Plattsburgh
[Seven portable tents and a person walking on the snow-covered ice.]

Close view of an ice fisherman and two tents (Demarcation between water and ice is seen in the distance.)
[Person in a yellow jacket and florescent orange pants pulling a sled across the ice.]

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Winter scenes in the New York Adirondacks
February 10-12, 2012

Saranac River seen from New York State Route 3 (NY SR3). Notice the ice build-up on the downstream side of the islands.
[Two small islands side by side in the river. The only ice built up is a triangular shape on the downstream side of the islands.]

Roadside ice on NY SR3 between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake
[Chunks of rock on the tree-topped hillside with frozen falls of ice among the rock on the right side of the road.]

More roadside ice between Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake
[Large chunks of ice that once ran down the tree-topped hillside on the left side of the road.]

NY SR3 roadside view north of Saranac Lake (A tree will bend before it breaks.)
[Two very tall trees with trunks bent to the ground amidst other straight up tree trunks.]

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Winter Adirondack scenes from the subsequent year
January 20-February 7, 2013

A foggy morning at Lake Abanakee
[The guardrail for the bridge in the foreground is clear, but the rest of the image is misty. Plowed dirty snow covers the lower half of the guardrail posts, but the road is just wet. There is a jut of land with evergreens sticking into the lake. The lake itself is covered with white snow and the air just above the water is quite thick with fog. Although the area above the trees is a bit clearer, the visibility is low.]

Long Lake viewed from a south shore. (The snowmobile tracks were melting that day.)
[The lake vees outward from the shore at this viewpoint. A snow-covered picnic table is at the right edge of the image. The water edges closest to shore are snowcovered except for the area where the snowmobiles have entered the lake when it was frozen. Evergreens are visible on the far shoreline.]

Long Lake viewed from a north shore.
[Most of the ice has melted in this view. A jut of land with evergreens crosses through most of teh image.]

Interstate 87 southbound just before the exit leading to Port Henry
[The highway starts in the lower left heading toward the center then snakes back out of view to the left. Towering above it are tree-topped mountains dappled with snow.]

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All photos © S. M. Garver