Was watching closely today as the 20' aluminum jon boat-air boat w/ the big roaring V8 engine and airplane propeller in a cage slid across the ice surface from South Bear-Mark Isl toward Cattle Landing. That boat must weight maybe 2500-3000-lbs plus it has the powered forward movement going on, and today's grey looking softish ice still had enough strength to support the weight with no ice breakups. Crossing a small pressure ridge at Dolly Island showed a small splash of water....but not much.
So, one never knows, could be the temps will drop and March will be a seasonally cold month.....nobody knows....not even the
www.noaa.gov!