Ice balls, volcanoes, and pancake ice: Lake Michigan’s stunning ice formations

Ice balls, volcanoes, and pancake ice: Lake Michigan’s stunning ice formations
An "ice-wall" formed at Ravine Drive Beach in Highland Park. Photo courtesy of Dennis Rodkin
Ice balls, volcanoes, and pancake ice: Lake Michigan’s stunning ice formations
An "ice-wall" formed at Ravine Drive Beach in Highland Park. Photo courtesy of Dennis Rodkin

Ice balls, volcanoes, and pancake ice: Lake Michigan’s stunning ice formations

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Snow forts, snowmen and snowballs are fun, but have you stopped to admire the icy magnificence that Lake Michigan has to offer this time of year?

Reset checks in with a lake enthusiast and meteorologist to learn what forces create such stunning ice formations on Lake Michigan.

GUESTS: Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business reporter and WBEZ contributor

Eric Lenning, meteorologist, National Weather Service’s Chicago branch