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Take 10 - Places to beat the heat

by Patricia Harris and David Lyon/Globe Correspondents
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Cape Pond Ice

This outfit has been icing down the Gloucester fishing fleet since 1848, though it’s been a while since the ice house harvested its cool product by carving up Cape Ann ponds in the winter. If you’ve ever wished you could waltz into a meat locker on a hot day, then this tour is right up your alley. Along with historic exhibits (including grainy vintage film of pond harvesting), you’ll see 300-pound blocks of ice being made and perhaps even catch an ice carver chipping away at blocks in the ice house. Dress sensibly. You wouldn’t don sandals or flip-flops to go outside in February, would you?

104 Commercial St., Fort Point Wharf, 978-283-0174, www.capepondice.com. Adults $10, seniors and under 12 $8. Tours Monday-Saturday at 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.; 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. tours not available after Labor Day.
This outfit has been icing down the Gloucester fishing fleet since 1848, though it’s been a while since the ice house harvested its cool product by carving up Cape Ann ponds in the winter. If you’ve ever wished you could waltz into a meat locker on a hot day, then this tour is right up your alley. Along with historic exhibits (including grainy vintage film of pond harvesting), you’ll see 300-pound blocks of ice being made and perhaps even catch an ice carver chipping away at blocks in the ice house. Dress sensibly. You wouldn’t don sandals or flip-flops to go outside in February, would you? 104 Commercial St., Fort Point Wharf, 978-283-0174, www.capepondice.com . Adults $10, seniors and under 12 $8. Tours Monday-Saturday at 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.; 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. tours not available after Labor Day.
David Lyon for The Boston Globe
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