What is Ice Rinks?
An ice rink is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests, and ice shows.
How Many Ice Rinks In South Africa?
Presently, there are nine ice rinks in South Africa including three that are of international size.
Where are the world’s largest ice skating rinks?
The Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, Canada is the world’s largest outdoor skating rink. The Canadian capital’s iconic Rideau Canal Skateway—the largest outdoor rink in the world and a UNESCO heritage site—may not open this winter for the first time in five decades, due to a lack of ice.
Why is it called an ice rink?
The word “rink” is a word of Scottish origin meaning, “course” used to describe the ice surface used in the sport of curling, but was kept in use once the winter team sport of ice hockey became established.
How do ice rinks freeze?
In ice rinks, the refrigerant cools brine water, an anti-freezing agent, which goes through pipes underneath the ice. These steel pipes are typically embedded into a concrete slab and kept at 32 F / 0 C so that any water placed on top of the slab freezes and becomes the skating surface that we see.
What ice is used in ice rinks?
Rinks are constructed with interlocking panels. Synthetic ice is sometimes called artificial ice, but that term is ambiguous, as it is also used to mean the mechanically frozen skating surface created by freezing water with refrigeration equipment.