Thanks for the replies. We’re planning to paddle to Menagerie Island when we start out at Malone Bay and thought this may be a good addition once we make it east to end the trip on. We’ll see how weather goes and how distracted we get exploring. I have paddled over to Menagerie. Rocky coast, and ha...

Saw the image above. Went to coastwatch noaa looked at the satellite image for the 2 and there was 0 ice. Just blue water between IR and Canada. On the 4 at 19:43 GMT there is ice but not solid. On the Canadian side it is broke up and open water Not surprised. All it takes is one good wind event an...

backwoods doc wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 10:07 am...So how exactly do they come up with these estimates of ice thickness?

I'm guessing that they don't head out there with an ice auger and a tape measure...

Don't know. Probably infrared, ultraviolet, etc. satellite imagery. They may "ground" truth some locations.

If this is to be believed (not sure I do), there is now 6-12" of ice connecting Isle Royale to Ontario.

Great news! After missing last year because of Covid, much to be learned this year. Looking forward to what they find.

Assuming the ice bridge forms, the wolves will have the freedom to choose to stay on the rock, or freedom to migrate to the mainland. Win win for them and newborn moose calves. Or new wolves come over from Ontario and/or Minnesota. Maybe five years ago, two wolves came over from the mainland, spent...

I know some of the wolves have collars and the researchers can monitor them, but hoping the researchers are on the Island so they can monitor any movement towards the ice bridge. I'm pretty sure the winter study is on this year. They normally get there around January 20th. As for the forming ice br...

Anybody who lives in the upper midwest knows how cold it's been the past three weeks. Amasa, Michigan had -39 F last week. These cold temps have really accelerated ice creation on Lake Superior. Looks like the beginnings of an ice bridge may be forming. Last year, this didn't happen until mid-Februa...

Another job I'd be all over if I was a younger man.

"Your Sea Eagle is not the craft I would choose for use on Lake Superior, but in sheltered water you may be ok. If you are planning to load up and move camp to McCargoe Cove, using the Sea Eagle, that's a much riskier thing. Do you have the skills to handle a paddlecraft in 3-ft waves and a 15m...

If I was a younger man, I'd be all over this.

For me, probably Malone. Swim or kayak in either Siskiwit Lake or Malone Bay. Take a day hike up to Greenstone. Not many hikers because it's a dead end. Quiet.

I think you nailed it. It'd be interesting to find the same location and take a picture from the same vantage point today. I suspect the scene hasn't changed much.

As drclark mentions, old negatives can be printed backwards. I "flipped" the picture in Photoshop. Maybe this will make more sense.

This pic popped up on Facebook. Not sure where it is.