“The condition today seems like it’s completely frozen but it’s very soft. It’s not that slippery anymore because it’s not completely frozen. The colour of cracks on ice are whiter these days whereas it used to be a more bluish colour. The way ice forms is different maybe because some ice moves around. The conditions of the ice is different, more difficult to pass. Back then it used to be slippery to our sleds making it easy to use for our sleds.”