Possible Questions:
- Stranded, in a way
- Cut off, in a way
- Stranded at O'Hare, perhaps
- Trapped during winter, perhaps
- Stranded, perhaps
- Stranded in winter, perhaps
- Unable to go with the floe
- Stuck at a ski resort, perhaps
- Stuck at a chalet, perhaps
- Stranded in a chalet, perhaps
- Stranded during the winter, say
- Stranded by winter weather, perhaps
- Stranded at the ski lodge, perhaps, and a hint to this puzzle's hidden theme
- Stranded at the chalet, maybe
- Stranded after a blizzard
- Like some trapped airport passengers
- Like some ports in wintertime
- Immobilized during winter, say
- Immobilized by a winter storm, perhaps
- Immobilized by a storm, maybe
- Immobile in winter
- Harborbound, in winter
- ... the pastry chef was ___