Note to self and others

When it is 14° F outside, ice melt will not have the same effect that you intend: it will melt the ice you put it on, true... the resulting water will then run to fill the cracks you have made so far in the ice sheet, and refreeze. Fun all around.

This lunchtime diversion brought to you by...

The Borderlands of Ghormenghast.

Very amusing and low-impact; thanks, featherynscale.