Survival on the Ice: A Coyote’s Journey Across Lake Erie A remarkable moment captured over the frozen expanse of Lake Erie - a lone coyote carefully navigating towering ice ridges, jagged ice mountains, and windswept sheets of frozen lake in its constant search for food and survival. Colder winters like this don’t just change life for us - they can change wildlife patterns too. When lakes freeze over, it opens up entirely new paths for animals to roam, hunt, and explore areas they normally would

High winds have blasted much of northern New York state, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, closing schools and pushing mounds of ice on to the shores of Lake Erie. The ice was on the water's surface but was blown off the lake and on to the shore. | The Guardian

Exploring Kelley's Island in Lake Erie