I remember the first time when, driving from New York to Vermont in winter, I saw a confusing sight on Lake Champlain. A few boats were gliding across the lake, white sails full of wind-despite the ...

CLAIBORNE COVE, Maryland – Michael Keene grabs the wooden tiller of his ice boat, begins to push it across the ice and then leaps in as if he's launching a bobsled. Wind fills the white sail and his ...

A bitter, winter wind is enough to drive some people indoors, but not these two. These intrepid hobbyists would take their boats down to the lake in the '90s to capture the cold breeze. Frozen water ...