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The spinning ice disk in Long Lake was 1,234 feet wide and more than 27 acres. Author: Zach Blanchard (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 10:53 PM EDT April 10, 2021 Updated: 10:53 PM EDT April 10, 2021
ST AGATHA, Maine Folks in the St. John valley have done it again and reclaimed the record for the world s largest ice carousel Saturday.
The spinning disk of ice on Long Lake was 1,234 feet wide and more than 27 acres.
The last record was set in Finland with a carousel 1,020 feet in diameter.
Roger Morneault and the Northern Maine Ice Busters used a trencher, long-bar chainsaws and six power augers to get the job done, according to Mike Cyr who was involved in the project.
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Saturday, April 10, 2021
ST. AGATHA, Maine (AP) - An intrepid group of volunteers from northern Maine took advantage of the last of the melting spring lake ice on Saturday to spin what they hope is a world record ice carousel.
The Northern Maine Ice Busters, using outboard motors and a potato harvester blower motor modified with a 24-inch (61-centimeter brass propeller successfully spun a disc of ice with a diameter of 1,234 feet (376 meters) one full revolution on Long Lake in St. Agatha.
An attempt to bring the title of World s Largest Ice Carousel back to Maine is coming up this weekend.
Once again Mainers will attempt to carve-out the largest ice carousel in the world. The attempt was successful back in 2018, but since then competition has
heated up around the world. The world record is currently back in Finland, which has now held the record five times. The record stands at 310.78 meters, or 1,020 feet.
The Northern Maine Ice Busters took to Long Lake last weekend to carve the disc. Their world record attempt is 1234 feet diameter, which is 214 feet larger than the current record. For comparison, the disc is about 27 acres. On Saturday April 10, the public is welcome to a ceremony where organizers hope the ice carousel will spin. To qualify, the disc cut in the ice must spin one full revolution.
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Photo courtesy of John Mazo
ICE CAROUSEL An aerial view of the 2021 Long Lake Ice Carousel in St. Agatha.
Photo courtesy of John Mazo
ICE CAROUSEL An aerial view of the 2021 Long Lake Ice Carousel in St. Agatha.
Aroostook County ice carousel is ready to spin for Maine’s bid to reclaim world record Contributed • April 5, 2021
By Jessica Potila, St. John Valley Times Staff
ST. AGATHA A gigantic, circular chunk of ice cut on Long Lake in St. Agatha on Friday, April 9 may have what it takes to return a World Championship Ice Carousel record to Maine.