January 3 – Deep Winter Shipping

The Cason J Callaway arrived in Duluth, passing through sea smoke boiling off Lake Superior’s open water. Within a few weeks, this area will be thick ice until Spring.

Shipping on Lake Superior continues into mid-January, with severe cold and thick ice. However, in these icy conditions of -20F, you can see incredible beauty everywhere. 

The coldest temperature recorded in Duluth was -41 on January 2, 1885. Immersed in the cold of January, Springtime seems far off; however, the daylight hours are already stretching longer, and soon, it will be noticeably lighter at supper time.

“From the breath of God ice is made,

And the expanse of the waters is frozen.” Job 37:10

Winter cold is a blessing; don’t avoid it, enjoy it.