Lake Michigan ice: Timelapse captures ice sheet breaking from Chicago shoreline

WATCH: Timelapse captures ice sheet breaking from Lake Michigan shoreline
An enormous sheet of ice broke away from Lake Michigan's shore near Chicago, Illinois, amid westerly winds on February 19.
ByJoseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Storyful
Saturday, March 6, 2021

CHICAGO -- An enormous sheet of ice broke away from Lake Michigan's shore near Chicago, Illinois, amid westerly winds last month.

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This time-lapse, captured by Travis McGhee, shows the sheet drifting away near Montrose Harbor.

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The National Weather Service said on February 19 a westward breeze was "helping to break up and push some of our ice cover eastward".

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