The Great Lakes freeze – in pictures
It isn’t just Niagara Falls, Boston Harbor and the Hudson and East Rivers in New York – as arctic air continues to hammer the US, the Great Lakes in the midwest of the country are more than 80% frozen over
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Ice forms along the shore of Lake Michigan
Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP
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Lake Erie, seen in a satellite image, is more than 90% frozen according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Photograph: Nasa/Reuters
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Pigeon Lake, Ontario
Photograph: Fred Thornhill/Reuters
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The partially frozen Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois
Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters
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Lake Superior - MODIS true color satellite image of Great Lakes ice cover
Photograph: MODIS/NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch
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The sun rises over Lake Michigan in Chicago
Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP
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Ice forms along the shore on Lake Michigan
Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP
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Lake Ontario - MODIS true color satellite image of Great Lakes ice cover
Photograph: MODIS/NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch
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A youth plays pond hockey as the sun rises on Pigeon Lake in the region of Kawartha Lakes Ontario, Canada
Photograph: Fred Thornhill/Reuters
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Modis true color satellite image of Great Lakes ice cover
Photograph: NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch
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The sun rises above Lake Michigan as ice forms along the shore
Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP
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Snow coats Navy Pier surrounded by ice covered Lake Michigan in Chicago
Photograph: Kiichiro Sato/AP
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Lake Huron: Modis true color satellite image of Great Lakes ice cover
Photograph: Modis/NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch
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