[@Lovejoy] runners on the bottoms of the ships, like a sled.  Go as far as ypou can above the ice, then go through it.

...interesting, it must be more than just a couple months after cukminationx as the teachers were around up till right before it, then crossing, then news back, then gettinin trouble, then us finding out about our unexpected assignment, then our couple weeks of freedom and time for preparation for the journey...