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Around the Circle This Week: July 30, 2021

Aid for Artists, New TBay Rounds & a Chef in the U.P. Read more

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Live Superior water bottle

Double walled stainless steel keeps your refreshment fresh and copper vacuum insulation keeps it cold without condensation build up. Fun colors, too! 17 oz. Read more

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Lightning and the Lake, A Striking Look at Our Summer Storms

The most likely time to spot lightning on Lake Superior is between the third week of June and the second week of August, says Matt Zika, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service station in Marquette. Read more

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Rescuing The Rock, A Volunteer Movement to Save a Lighthouse

Maybe it’s the isolation, the endless battle against wind and waves, or the tales sheltered within. Whatever the allure, I’m drawn to lighthouses. And I have a favorite. Read more

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August / September 2021

Our Full Circle with the Best of the Lake winners! Bring It Home to the Lake special section; a top photographer shows us all four shores; the Michigan Paranormal Convention in the Sault; a steelhead angler’s confessions; and the Trans Superior Race. Read more

Features

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Finding Creative Ways to Use & Aid a Historic Sentinel Read more

Maritime

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Lake Superior Journal: Perk's Floating Forest

An avid birder, Captain J.P. "Perk" Perkins decided not to let his career as a ship captain interfere with his passion for viewing birds. From the early 1930s through the early 1970s, Perk created his own on-deck forests. Read more

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AmberBeth VanNingen / MINNESOTA DNR

FYI on SNAs: On Sugarloaf Point near Little Marais, a rugged shoreline testifies to basalt lava flows dating more than 1 billion years ago. On part of Minnesota Point in Duluth, red and white pines 150 to 270 years old dominate a unique nearly forgo Read more

Minnesota

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After 16 years, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder will leave Duluth for eventual posting in San Francisco. Read more

Maritime

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There is no question that Lake Superior enriches the lives of those of us privileged to reside on or near it and those who visit. But just how much does that 10 percent of the world’s surface fresh water affect us? Read more

Great Lakes

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SPARKY STENSAAS

Most would not call these birds lovely. For that, we have warblers. Few would consider their caws and quorks melodious, either. The calls of the Common Raven and American Crow just seem raucous. Read more

Natural World

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