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[mailto:bounce-112542730-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel
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Photos of the 1912 event show crowds of people out on the frozen lake; even
horses. But two
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> [mailto:bounce-112541225-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast
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> A. R. Cahn in "The freezing of Ca
: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info
A. R. Cahn in "The freezing of Cayuga Lake in its relation to bird life". Auk
29:437-444 reports that the lake was completely frozen over in 1796, 1816,
1826, 1856, 1875, 1884, 1904, and 1912. A couple of these were thought due to
volcanic er
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
ndeed frozen over, but
just a thin sheet, about 100 yards out.
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[mailto:bounce-112541225-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Fast
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 9:19 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info
A. R.
That looks like Cayuga Lake froze completely at intervals of 20, 10, 30, 19, 9, 20, and 8 years between when the white settlers arrived and when that article was published in 1912. It would be surprising if there were then a gap of over a century.--Dave NutterOn Feb 09, 2014, at 09:18 PM, Susan Fas
A. R. Cahn in "The freezing of Cayuga Lake in its relation to bird life". Auk
29:437-444 reports that the lake was completely frozen over in 1796, 1816,
1826, 1856, 1875, 1884, 1904, and 1912. A couple of these were thought due to
volcanic eruptions in other parts of the world.
Steve Fast
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