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Great sheets of ice have broken away and are ready to float out of the cove with the wind and tide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The powerful north winds of the storm earlier in the week pinned the ice to the shore, even while driving cracks into it. Now there is no wind, and much of the ice that we walked on in January seems poised to float out to sea.\u00a0 What will it take for it to leave?\u00a0 A south wind?\u00a0 Repeated tides?<\/p>\n

The sea ice nearby is keeping the temperature down in our yard.\u00a0 Much of it is still covered with snow and ice, while up the road, further away from the water, the ground is bare.\u00a0 It has been a hard, icy winter.\u00a0 So I’ll be glad to see the sea ice go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The powerful north winds of the storm earlier in the week pinned the ice to the shore, even while driving cracks into it. Now there is no wind, and much of the ice that we walked on in January seems poised to float out to sea.\u00a0 What will it take for it to leave?\u00a0 A … <\/p>\n

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