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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RED BANK -- The wind whipped across the Navesink River, stinging whatever skin was left uncovered. The temperature hovered just ...

WESTPORT — During the summer sailboats are a common sight as they catch a breeze and bob in the blue waters of Lake Champlain. However, white triangles are less common during the winter, and there ...

At over 5,000 feet deep, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest by volume, holding approximately 20 percent of Earth’s unfrozen fresh water, more than all the Great Lakes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hidden inside Austria's Hintertux Glacier lies a spectacular cave system that visitors can explore on a tour. Tom Nebe/dpa As if ...

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 ...

Ice boating is a bit of an elusive hobby on Long Island. January and February see the peak of the season -- as long as there's a few consecutive days of calm winds and a perfectly timed blast of ...