Articles from the November 30, 2018 edition

Tina Johnson and Ann Markusen, Pine Knot News|Nov 30, 2018

Living at this latitude, we know how to dress for winter. Layers of woolens, an exterior casing of snow pants, heavy jacket, reliable boots with ample socks, a generous hat, a scarf to wrap around the neck, and gloves with inner warmth and outer resistance to the wet. But when we're out there hunting, on the snowmobile or ski trail, or flying across the lake on ice skates, are we prepared for the worst? All kinds of setbacks are imaginable on the winter trails and lakes. Not to be alarmist, but...