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Frozen landscape | Increasing Great Lakes ice coverage

An ice fisherman makes his way back to his car after fishing on Independence Lake in Whitmore Lake, Mich.

An ice fisherman makes his way back to his car after fishing on Independence Lake in Whitmore Lake, Mich.  (Patrick Record / Associated Press)

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Very cold temperatures this month have resulted in a rapid increase in Great Lakes ice coverage. At 84.4% total ice coverage, this is the second highest percentage of ice on the Great Lakes since 1994.

Increasing Great Lakes ice coverage

Snow coats Chicago’s Navy Pier, surrounded by ice-covered Lake Michigan.   (Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press)

Increasing Great Lakes ice coverage

Ice forms along the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago. Temperatures have dipped to as low as minus 13 in parts of Illinois this winter.  (Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press)

Increasing Great Lakes ice coverage

A runner jogs along Lake Michigan as ice forms on the shore.  (Kiichiro Sato / Associated Press)

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