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Brave Little State
Lake Champlain is frozen over. How do people know when it's safe to go ice fishing?
Sabine Poux
Ice is unavoidable during winter on the Champlain Islands. Surrounded on all sides by an icy expanse, islanders embrace this seasonal terrain — as a place to walk the dog, to skate and to fish.

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