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Shelf ice along the southern Lake Michigan Shoreline at Indiana Dunes National Park

Shelf ice is ice that forms when a portion of a lake surface freezes. It is often then washed upon the shore. The phenomenon is common within the Great Lakes.^[1]

^ Hillman-Rapley, Lynda (2017-02-03). "Walking on shelf ice can be deadly". Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance. Retrieved 2020-02-05.