In northern climates, ice shanties are the center of a large, often humorous, legends.

Fishermen often decorate their ice shanties in humorous ways, while others studiously work on ways to make their ice shanties more comfortable and efficient.

Much of the legend involves the inherent danger of erecting a structure atop a frozen pond or lake.

A common saying goes that every lake has at least one shanty on the bottom (at least one snowmobile, too).

Below is an example of an Ice Shanty that the creator made with all the comforts of home. Well almost. Pretty impressive.