Ice caves on Lake Superior in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Lake Superior finally froze enough last week to allow access to one of northern Wisconsin’s most stunning natural formations: the Bayfield Peninsula’s lakeshore caves. The caves are part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and have been carved out of red, orange and yellow layers of sandstone over millenniums of wave action.
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(Reporting by Liam Ford, photography by Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune)
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- James Kuhn, left, of Seattle, and Edward Mitchell, of Detroit, explore an ice cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- An ice cave is seen at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. The caves are scheduled to open to the public on Saturday. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- Edward Mitchell, front, of Detroit, and James Kuhn, of Seattle, explore an ice cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- Ice forms in a cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. The caves are scheduled to open to the public on Saturday. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- People explore an ice cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- A person explores an ice cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- A person explores an ice cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield, Wis. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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- Lissa Flemming, of Bayfield, Wis., explores an ice cave at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Lake Superior, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, near Bayfield. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
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