THOUSANDS OF BALL-SHAPED ICE COVERS LAKE IN CANADA

Sun 28 November 2021:

Visitors to Lake Manitoba in Canada were greeted with a pleasant surprise when they witnessed a rare phenomenon that happens only every few years around the world.

The weather conditions appear to have become favorable for the formation of thousands of slush balls along the massive lake’s shore.

“I’ve seen pancake-shaped ice, but not thousands of spherically shaped balls,” Steep Rock Kayak owner Peter Hofbauer said. According to Hofbauer, he has lived in Manitoba for about 40 years.

On Twitter, a user, said, “What’s cooler than being cool? Ice Cold! Lake Manitoba is putting on a show. This rare occurrence creates these ice balls. The shapes form as wind and waves move the almost frozen water combined with rapidly cooling air temps.”

Welcome surprise: visitors to Lake Manitoba in #Canada witnessed a rare phenomenon, which is only seen every few years around the world.

The weather conditions seem to have become conducive for the formation of thousands of slush balls along the shore of the massive lake. pic.twitter.com/PEgX19UbqW

— INDEPENDENT PRESS (@IpIndependent) November 27, 2021

This phenomenon can be seen when air temperatures are below freezing and there are onshore winds and waves to keep the waterway from freezing solid, according to some experts.

Jeffrey Kavanaugh, associate professor, University of Alberta, said that finally some form of seeding will form into ice. It will continuously grow into a slush ball.

“Because of its relative rarity, slush ball formation isn’t particularly well understood,” Kavanaugh added.

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