As many as 11 Great Lakes shipping vessels near Sault Ste. Marie have been delayed due to icy conditions since the shipping season got underway Wednesday morning with the opening of the Soo Locks.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's recent warm spell brought 60-degree days to much of the state and melted a significant amount of ice on the Great Lakes ...

An ice jam snarling the start of Great Lakes shipping near the Soo Locks is showing signs movement. The Lake Carriers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Superior has its highest percentage of ice cover this season, researchers say, as ice on the Great Lakes remains above 50% ...

Over the last few weeks, the ice extent for the Great Lakes has dramatically increased with Lake Erie reaching 95% ice cover and the combined Great Lakes reaching 51% ice cover. The year 2026 started ...

Satellite imagery from GOES-19 captured a massive crack forming across Lake Erie’s ice on Feb. 8. Ice cover matters because it heavily impacts Great Lakes shipping – a multi-billion-dollar industry – ...

All five of the Great Lakes are enormous in their own right, but they’re not all equal. Each body of water has its own characteristics that affect everything from lake-effect snow to popular culture.

The arctic air mass entrenched over the Great Lakes has resulted in ice expansion across the lakes over the last several days. As of January 26, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is about 43.2%.

Lake Superior has its highest percentage of ice cover this season, researchers say, as ice on the Great Lakes remains above 50% for the season. As of Monday, March 2, the Great Lakes are 50.19% ...