However, Lake Ontario is a much deeper body of water. In fact ... Lake (1973-2017), with January 1 highlighted in red to show how the ice coverage typically grows more rapidly after the first ...

There is a 70cm-thick (28in) layer of ice capping the surface of this lake, in a remote corner of ... The seemingly lifeless water below the ice has a temperature only slightly above 0C (32F).

OSCO's Marine Patrol Unit, run by Sergeant Dana Egburtson, doesn't actively patrol the lake during the winter time, Egburtson said but if there is an active rescue mission on ice-covered water ...