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Ice fishing on Lake of the Woods amid brutal Jan cold
In Ivillams Minnesota the author endures 28 below wind chill on January 20 at the 49th parallel while ice fishing on Lake of the Woods. The party drills holes, measures ice thickness, and bets on slot walleyes, sharing seven daily pots among Jim Brace Don Cutler Doug Beck Mike Stafford Phil Steffen Dean Baragary Mike Malnix and the narrator. A Mississippian visitor gains perspective on the extreme cold and the harsh landscape, reflecting on Jack London and the appeal of Siberian weather.
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Illiams
Minn
49Th Parallel
Lake of the Woods
Long Point Resort
Jim Brace
Don Cutler
Doug Beck
Mike Stafford
Phil Steffen
Winthrop
Dean Baragary
Monti
Mike Malnix
Quasqueton
North Country Fair
Jack London