Maine Voices: Be prepared for risks that come with boating during colder months

Maine Voices: Be prepared for risks that come with boating during colder months
Knowing the facts about cold-water immersion – and wearing a life jacket – might help to save your own life.
By Capt. Bruce White and Gail R. KulpSpecial to the Press Herald
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In Maine, freshwater temperatures are known to hover below freezing throughout the winter months and saltwater temperatures, very near freezing. This winter is no exception. If we happen to fall into either freshwater or saltwater, our bodies are not capable of surviving for long.
A Maine game warden releases a deer on the shore of Long Lake in Princeton on Jan. 4. The deer went through the ice and when a local man tried to save it, his canoe overturned. The fact that he was wearing a life jacket undoubtedly was a factor in his survival. 

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