June icebergs still roaming
Lake Superior
Paul Huttner
Here’s one you don’t see every year on Superior in June.
The last remnants of the iciest winter in 35 years are still afloat on Lake Superior. Check out this June iceberg captured near Madeline Island Friday by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Wisconsin DNR Marine Warden Amie Egstad said the reluctantly melting iceberg was one of several floating aimlessly around the backside of Madeline Island.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Local seagulls seemed to appreciate the resting place.
Wisconsin DNR In case you were wondering, our polar vortex-driven winter and cold spring mean absolutely nothing in the context of climate change. As I’ve posted may times before, Minnesota has been the coldest place on the planet so far this year. This is the sixth warmest year on record globally so far.
The last remnants of the iciest winter in 35 years are still afloat on Lake Superior. Check out this June iceberg captured near Madeline Island Friday by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Wisconsin DNR Marine Warden Amie Egstad said the reluctantly melting iceberg was one of several floating aimlessly around the backside of Madeline Island.“We were on today’s commercial net check,” Warden Amie says. “And there was this big iceberg – along with other ice packs and bergs floating around backside of Madeline Island area east towards Saxon Harbor.”You can see why the ice is in no hurry to melt given water temps still lingering in the frigid 30s on the big lake.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Local seagulls seemed to appreciate the resting place.Wisconsin DNR In case you were wondering, our polar vortex-driven winter and cold spring mean absolutely nothing in the context of climate change. As I’ve posted may times before, Minnesota has been the coldest place on the planet so far this year. This is the sixth warmest year on record globally so far.
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