Here's last night's bitter cold sunset right out in front of our house on Grand Portage Bay. This little circular "cove" has been forming in the ice over the past several days. Up until yesterday morning it was just water in the cove, it hadn't yet filled with ice. After 24 hours of temperatures well below zero, the cove was suddenly filled with sheets of ice commonly referred to as "pancake ice". I thought I would name this little temporary ice cove "Pancake Cove". Last night at sunset these were separate sheets of ice, but this morning after another night of temps approaching 20 below zero, these cakes are now almost completely frozen solid. That's one of the things I love most about winter on Lake Superior... things change every day and often look completely different just from one sunset to the following sunrise!
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