Originally Posted by FlyOrDie

It actually doesn't look better in the bigger size due to a little bit of unsteady shooting as I contorted myself in the seat.

On this particular day that the photo above was taken we were holding for the approach at 9,000 to wait for minimums to shoot the approach. About 15 minutes into holding we started icing up with light to moderate rime ice. At that point we climbed to 11,000 to try and escape the icing but were still icing steadily and the Captain made the decision to divert. After diverting refueling both aircraft and crew we returned after the system passed the airport.

In my 1.5 years in the DC6 icing hasn't been a huge problem in my experience. The worst ice I've seen was leaving Emmonak which is on the central west coast of Alaska (near where the Yukon dumps into the Bering Sea) during the summer. On climb out passing through 7,000 we started building ice, the wing heat was keeping it off the wings and tail but the unprotected surfaces were building up. We kept getting cleared higher to try and escape the ice but finally ran out of upward momentum at 14,500 when the #4 engine lost power due to carb icing. #4 came back to life quickly with a shot of alcohol but we were done climbing at that point. We drifted down and finally exited the icing, it was sure one serious learning experience for me.