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Subject: Can you build a bonfire on a frozen lake without extinquishing it?

Date: Thu Feb 8 15:09:32 2001
Posted by Dawn
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Minneapolis State/Province: MN Country: No country entered.
Area of science: Physics
ID: 981662972.Ph
Message:

I'm told there's a law of physics that basically states that because the 
depth of the ice, the fire would have to be more intense to melt it.  
Apparently, the fact that the heat is rising would also prevent the ice 
from melting.  Just wondering if this is in fact true.  Thanks for the 
help!  


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