>> Click to enlarge << Aerial view of the Cleveland Breakwater Light in ... Photo by: Brian Fowler

During this past winter’s weather, labeled the Polar Vortex by many in the media, a number of photographs of lighthouses frozen over as a result of wave spray and ice were widely circulated on social media sites and newspapers, all of which made a big deal out of it, giving the impression that this is a rare occurrence. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is not unusual for lighthouses, especially those on the Great Lakes.

>> Click to enlarge << Cleveland Breakwater Lighthouse in Ohio as it ... Photo by: Mike Kline

>> Click to enlarge << St. Joseph North Pierhead Outer Lighthouse in St. ... Photo by: Mike Kline

>> Click to enlarge << Michigan’s St. Joseph North Pierhead Outer ... Photo by: Mike Kline

>> Click to enlarge << The South Haven Ice Monster at Michigan’s South ... Photo by: Cindy Freeman

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