Learn more at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/ice-cube-rope-sick-scien… Most normal people won't put effort into trying to catch a solid chunk of ice with a rope. Luckily, we aren't most people... and we certainly are not normal. Steve and his freeze-ologists wondered if it was possible to pick up an ice cube by using a rope. Seems simple enough. But here's the catch... you can't tie the rope around the ice cube! Believe it or not, it is possible!