The Great Lakes Over 90% Frozen - a Record Week.

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The Great Lakes Are Over 90% Frozen and Could Break a Record This Week.

From PolicyMic.com

The big freeze. It's been a long winter. None more-so than for those in the Midwest, who have had to endure the full brunt of the polar vortex.  Though it's March, many places are still experiencing subzero temperatures. On the plus side, these cold temperatures have made for admittedly pretty pictures of frozen lighthouses, caves and skylines littering our social media streams. But perhaps the most iconic images have been of the frozen Great Lakes.

This week the Great Lakes ice coverage has reached 90.5% according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, which has been recording this information since the '70s. With cold temperatures set to continue for the next fortnight, the record of 95% ice coverage set back in 1979 is poised to be broken.




More photos and stats here:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/84151/the-great-lakes-are-over-90-frozen-and-could-break-a-record-this-week

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