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<p>Meteorologist Joel Curtis, left, helps retired firefighter Kim Mahar with his cold water gloves before a demonstration of an ice rescue by the Capital City Fire/Rescue's rope rescue team on Saturday at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center near Juneau, Alaska.</p>

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How to survive a fall through ice
January 16, 2014 8 p.m.

How to survive a fall through ice

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Nearly 150 Juneauites trekked to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center recently for a lesson in surviving falling into icy waters.