The Apostle Islands Ice Caves near Meyers Beach, Wisconsin officially opened up for the season on Saturday Feb. 28th. The National Park Service (which administers the logistics of visitation) listed a count of at least 7,000 first day visitors on their Facebook page.
For many in the Northeast, Winter '15 has been a nightmare of snow, ice, shoveling, more snow, more ice and even more snow; but with great hardship sometimes comes unique opportunities. For the second year in a row the temperature on Lake Superior has been cold enough to lock in an ice sheet over a foot thick in front of the Apostle Islands Sea Caves, transforming them into the now infamous "Ice Caves."
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