U.S. Coast Guard's ship pushes through a frozen Lake Michigan
Eric Crest
7:15 PM, Feb 28, 2017
7:23 PM, Feb 28, 2017
LAKE MICHIGAN, Wis. - Out on Lake Michigan the ice conditions can change weekly, daily, or by the hour this time of year. It’s those changing conditions that have brought scientists and the U.S. Coast Guard together this week to try and better determine what's out there for ice thickness and whether or not it's safe for travel, all by looking at images from space.
Traveling from Sturgeon Bay to the Bay of Green Bay there's not a lot of activity in the dead of winter. But the Coast Guard and its 680 ton ice breaker is still responsible for keeping some lanes of traffic open on the ice.
"The Mobile Bay works throughout the great lakes all year round. In the winter time we generally focus our energies on Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay area and the Mackinaw Straights," says Lt. Andy Daum of the U.S. Coast Guard.
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