Harsh Winter Causes Greatest Great Lakes Ice Coverage Since 1979
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/nearly-frozen-lake-superior-ma/23439393
With an end in sight, the winter of 2014 rages on, ushering in frigid arctic air and dumping record-breaking snow and ice on much of the nation. This season, ice coverage on the Great Lakes has exceeded all other measurements since 1979.
"By a long shot, this is the most ice we've had on Lake Superior in 20 years," Associate Professor at the Large Lakes Observatory in Duluth, Minn., Jay Austin said.
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