Charles River Panorama January 13, 2010

Charles River Crossing, January 13, 2010

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Careful:There are dangerous warm regions very close to the place, where the pictures where taken. Don't do it yourself!

Attention: crossing the Charles river on ice can be very dangerous and is not allowed. I did it first 6 years ago after having been instructed by a local expert. Without detailed and recent knowledge about warm water inlets, measurement of the ice thickness, monitoring of the weather temperatures for at least a week before the run and also knowledge about the location of possible hot spots in the river, it is madness.

Near the Science Center	Gate at Harvard Yard with view onto Science Center	John Harvard Statue
Harvard Yard	View onto Hollyooke	Near Harvard Health Services
Approaching the Mac	On the stairs to the Mac	Towards the Charles River
At the Charles river near Harvard	Stepping onto the ice	One step more
And more	Does the ice hold?	Yes it does.
Lets try.	Walk goes fine	No cracking
Watch out for weak spots	In the middle	Now better forward than backwards
Reaching towards the Harvard shore	A nice crack	Soon there
Got it	Back to the shore	On the Boston Side
There are some soft spots on the ice	On the Bridge near the boat house	Oliver in running dress
And hat	Would not be good to cross near the bridge!	On the crossing to JFK
Elliot house	Harvard Square	News stand
An other gate	Harvard Hall

Oliver Knill, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, One Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. SciCenter 434 (Cam), Tel: (617) 495 5549, Email: knill@math.harvard.edu. Spring 2009 office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 4-5:30 and by appointment