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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Lake Superior

Arts & Culture

A drone view of Five Mile Rock

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 21, 2016, 11:05 AM May 21, 2016
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Lake Superior can turn ugly in a hurry but when it wants to be calm and gorgeous, there’s no place better at it. Read more →

Science · Weather

Tsunamis on Superior?

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2016, 7:42 AM Apr 26, 2016
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Keep this in mind the next time you go watch the big waves: Some of the disasters the researchers cited were tsunami waves sweeping people into the lake from their onshore perches.
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Arts & Culture · Sports

Video: The science of surfing Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 7, 2016, 10:23 AM Apr 7, 2016
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There’s certainly plenty to love in this video about a group of surfers on Lake Superior. The visuals are stunning. More impressive is the revelation that they’re not just chasing waves on a lake.
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Weather

Winter layup over, it’s back to work on Lake Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2016, 10:45 AM Mar 23, 2016
5

It seemed like only yesterday that the last laker of the season was pulling into the harbor in Duluth/Superior, the unofficial declaration of winter’s arrival in the Northland. Read more →

Weather

Stacking ice on Lake Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 17, 2016, 12:59 PM Feb 17, 2016
6

Every year as the weather warms a bit, Lake Superior puts on an unparalleled show (except for you, sometimes, Lake Mille Lacs). Consider it your moment of Minnesota Zen from Duluth photographer Dawn LaPointe. Related: Photos: Discovering ‘the good within’ — and all around Minnesota (MPR News)

Weather

The last laker arrives in Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2016, 9:20 AM Jan 19, 2016
1

You couldn’t have asked for more miserable weather than the Arctic blast that’s gripped us over the last few days. Which is why the people of Duluth have exclusive bragging rights for being ‘real’ Minnesotans when it counted most. Read more →

Saltie’s crew stranded for weeks off Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 2, 2015, 7:06 AM Dec 2, 2015
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If you’ve ever had a desire to work on a “saltie,” the tale of the Cornelia should clear that up. The oceangoing freighter has been anchored off Duluth for weeks, the Duluth News Tribune reports, and it, its cargo, and its crew may soon fall victim to winter. Read more →

Investigators reveal causes of fatal Duluth plane crash

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2015, 12:59 PM Nov 20, 2015
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Cold medication, an overloaded plane, and faulty instruments caused Alexander Georg Obersteg, 47, of Steinfeld, Germany, to crash into Lake Superior off Brighton Beach in June 2014, the NTSB said. Read more →

Regional history

Exploring Duluth’s ‘cribs’

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 14, 2015, 8:16 AM Jul 14, 2015
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‘Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum’ — also known as ‘the cribs’ in Lake Superior in Duluth — changed last winter when a concrete column ‘disappeared.’

Slowly — too slowly, perhaps — the landmark is disappearing. Read more →

Weather

Kids, a log, and Lake Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 27, 2015, 11:17 AM Jun 27, 2015
3

Everything great you’ve forgotten about being a kid in summer is all right here. Read more →

The power of a note in a bottle

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 30, 2015, 9:25 AM May 30, 2015
3

Thrown into Lake Superior, a message in a bottle took 10 years to find its way to the exotic land of Michigan. Read more →

Sports

Smelt in Superior: ‘We’re back, baby!’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 7, 2015, 8:44 AM May 7, 2015
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After several seasons of poor smelt runs, the tiny fish are back in Lake Superior, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today. That’s a big deal because it’s brought smelt anglers back to the Northland.

Both the smelt and those in search of them only come out at night.
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Weather

Ice warning rings hollow for some people

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2015, 6:42 AM Mar 18, 2015
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Another March day in Minnesota. Another person who had to be rescued from a floating ice flow. Read more →

Regional history

A piece of ‘The Cribs’ disappears in Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 20, 2015, 6:29 AM Feb 20, 2015
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Sometime between the first of the year and Valentine’s Day, part of the huge concrete icons in Lake Superior in Duluth disappeared. Read more →

Weather

Time running out for ice-cave access on Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2015, 9:16 AM Feb 18, 2015
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The chances are dwindling that the ice caves on Lake Superior will be available to you this year. Read more →

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