Maine photographer is finding winter’s bitter beauty frozen in ice before it snows again

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 27, 2022

The past few weeks have been a great stretch of weather for wild ice skaters in southern Maine. Cold temperatures and scant snow have made for vast stretches of smooth, natural ice atop lakes, ponds and rivers. Old Orchard Beach wildlife photographer and outdoor enthusiast Karl Ramsdell has been out every day, skating and making pictures of the unique, icy beauty he’s run across.