The Minot Daily News is reporting:
Lake Sakakawea is rapidly approaching a complete freeze.
If
the massive reservoir is officially declared frozen-over prior to Dec.
20, which appears to be a certainty, it will mark the shortest season of
open water in the history of the state's largest body of water.
On
Thursday, much of the reservoir was covered in ice but there was some
open water, primarily in the area immediately above the dam. The water
there is some of the deepest in all of Lake Sakakawea and is considered
the last portion of the reservoir to freeze each year. From a nearby
overlook leading to the dam's intake structure, engineers from the
Garrison Dam power plant make daily observations of ice formations and
remaining open water.
I grew up in North Dakota. This is an incredible story. I do not recall it ever being this cold this year in the winter. Our cold month was February.
Ice fishing in North Dakota, Devils Lake
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