What happens when you place 20 kilograms of red hot steel onto the surface of a frozen lake? Someone, somewhere decided to find out, and this video shows the results of their experiment.

It should come as no surprise to discover that the hot steel starts melting through the ice. The two elements are then locked in a titanic struggle for dominance.

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin can give up and go home now, as this is the actual song of fire and ice.

I must admit to being surprised that the ice proved victorious. Because while the steel melted through a long way, it never made it all the way through. Incredible.