Lake Superior covered by more ice than in past years

The extreme cold this winter helped cover more than 90 percent of Lake Superior in ice this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports ice cover approached levels not seen in four years.

Lake Superior was around 91 percent covered in ice Monday, said Jia Wang, ice climatologist with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Ice cover was only expected to be around average, or about 50 percent, this winter.

"We didn’t expect this much ice cover," Wang said.

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Ken Notes: Before our President Tweets about this, I should mention that I talked to the Rangers from the Apostle Islands and they said that because of the Global phenomenon that shall not be named, the ability to walk to the island caves did not materialize. Lots of Ice because of cold -- crappy ice because the water is warmer... Go figure....