If the water contains a high concentration of saline then it won't freeze at 0 degrees C. The article doesn't say if the lake is freshwater or saltwater, but I vaguely recall that lakes are usually freshwater?
Jon GSV Nuclear dumping might case that too. :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jim Sharkey Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Scouted]Water that won't freeze in Minn. lake This might be of interest to some of you. http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=030119&cat=frontpage&st=f rontpagehole_lake030119&src=abc An excerpt: >- In the bone-chilling deep-freeze of northern Minnesota, there are >dozens of lakes and one deepening mystery. >Smack in the middle of North Long Lake, surrounded by eight miles >of ice thick enough to drive on, there is a gaping black hole >nearly a half-mile long. >It is a lake within a frozen lake - a huge crescent of open water >that, for some reason, refuses to freeze over. It's probably nothing, but it's an interesting phenomenon anyway. Jim _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
