Is it really that hard to fit into a kayak in arctic gear?
Actually, I've done that. Kinda. I have a drysuit that I can bulk up the layers underneath and have used it to paddle around the last of the ice chunks during many a spring.
We are normally never too adventurous in the freezing waters although about 7-8 years ago two friends and I paddled about 2 miles offshore in the still freezing waters of late April to go see an unusually big ice burg that had made the news. The big ones don't normally come down our way because the natural flow of the Labrador current keeps them far east of the inner gulf.
I also inherited my Dad's survival suit when he retired from his career of working on a dredge. I've tried that for fun in the kayak but it is just way too bulky.
