Spring Breakup May 1, 2007
The main ice pack is growing smaller and is way out across the lake as you see in this photo, this morning the cove was clear. At this point the edge of the pack is breaking up into smaller chunks that drift around. Later in the day the wind blew and filled our cove with these smaller sheets of rotting ice. Soon the main pack will breakup and the thick, heavy masses will move back and forth across the lake with the direction of the wind sometimes damaging docks from the force of the ice. We are pretty much at the mercy of nature until the lake is ice free.
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska Artist
