Northwoods Alamanac

Ice Sounds During our Christmas bird count, Mary and I stood by a lake and listened to the lake ice sort of gurgling or chortling –– it’s hard to describe these sounds! — as it expanded and contracted. With dropping temperatures, lakes can make some very wild noises. But it can happen on a sunny day too, as things warm up fast and the ice cracks, generating some other crazy noises.

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• By John Bates-
• December 23, 2021