A New London teenager is safe following a frigid after school experience. Avery Eplett, 17, of New London, had intended to take his first ever snowmobile ride on the Wolf River Monday, Jan. 15, when his snowmobile suddenly dropped through the ice at the Riverside Park Boat Launch in New London. The launch typically has open water in it year round, due to its close distance downstream from the wastewater treatment plant’s outflow pipe. Recent colder than normal temperatures however caused a thin layer of ice to form, which then became covered by a light dusting of snow.