Photos of the 1912 event show crowds of people out on the frozen lake; even horses. But two Cornell students skating near King Ferry were drowned when the ice gave way beneath them. Here's the Cornell Daily Sun article:
http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19120219.2.1 -Geo Kloppel On Feb 9, 2014, at 11:49 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk <l...@cornell.edu> wrote: > I wonder for how long. The lake can skim over with a sharp dip in temp, and > then winds break up the ice. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
