This week's question: Hundreds of fishermen and women had to be rescued from Minnesota's Upper Red Lake after the chunk of ice where they stood broke off and went adrift. Come up with the title of a disaster movie melodrama about this harrowing accidental voyage.
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Walker robber
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
THE WINNER: "Lake We-be-gone"
Don Weinberg, Bonita Springs, Florida
SECOND PLACE: "Gone with the Floe"
Phyllis Klein, Forest Hills, New York
THIRD PLACE: "Thaws"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Floe to Hell"
Paul Steckler, Oakland, California
"Their Eyes Were Watching Cod"
Wendy Playter, Austinburg, Ohio
"Lord of the Floes"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Trip of the Iceberg"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Off the Waterfront"
Paul Carney, Pittsford, New York
"The Slow-Glidin' Adventure"
Kathy El-Assal, Clearwater, Florida
"Ice, Ice, Mayday"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"Freezy Riders"
Janine Witte, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
"Apocalypse Snow"
Roseann Fanucchi, Sonoma, California
"Icy Almost Dead People"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
"Dead Man's Float"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Die Hard on Soft Ice"
Bridget Kantoff, Chicago, Illinois
"Berger Kings"
David Greenhouse, Princeton, New Jersey
-
Antonia Romeo and Whitehall’s women problemThe Explainer Before her appointment as cabinet secretary, commentators said hostile briefings and vetting concerns were evidence of ‘sexist, misogynistic culture’ in No. 10
-
Local elections 2026: where are they and who is expected to win?The Explainer Labour is braced for heavy losses and U-turn on postponing some council elections hasn’t helped the party’s prospects
-
6 of the world’s most accessible destinationsThe Week Recommends Experience all of Berlin, Singapore and Sydney
