I made a series of videos documenting my trip Overlanding across Nova Scotia, if anyone's interested here's episode 1...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=e-XZpCWpUCuPIbKn&v=YZhQS6gWSi8&feature=youtu.be
I always gear down hard before applying the brake on ice, I don't have much of a problem with abs as long as I do that but if something surprises me and I hit the brake first that's when it gives me trouble. Would be better not to have abs at all imo.