Duluth Shipping News » Ice http://duluthshippingnews.com Thu, 17 May 2012 00:28:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 That was then … http://duluthshippingnews.com/2012/02/19/that-was-then/ http://duluthshippingnews.com/2012/02/19/that-was-then/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:07:23 +0000 Kenneth Newhams http://duluthshippingnews.com/?p=15196

270217-1-006prod and this is now: For immediate release: Sunday, February 19th, 2012

Duluth, MN. —U.S. Coast Guard Station Duluth is issuing a warning that the unusually warm temperatures observed this year have greatly increased the possibility of weakened ice.

“Ice conditions are deteriorating rapidly, major wet cracks and ice breaks have been recognized the last few days, with forecasted temps climbing to the high 30’s, this will only accelerate weakening ice ” said Boatswains Mate Third Class Matthew Murphy, Coast Guard Station Duluth, MN.

The combination of warmer temperatures and shifting winds has caused extremely hazardous ice conditions in the St Louis River. The Coast Guard cautions those ice fishing and transiting on the ice due to the unpredictability of the ice breaking apart. (Picture taken on February 17th, 2007.)

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