Climate change? Maybe not such a ridiculous idea! No one today would dare drive a sleigh out onto the Lake—though it might have been briefly possible in the January 1985 Arctic outbreak, when Chicago reached -27°F (-33°C), tying the city's all-time record low.
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| This 1877 picture shows the old Crib at a time when the Lake was frozen over so that even a sleigh could drive safely. Winters like that are now rare. [Source: Courtesy of “Chicago and Its Makers” (Chicago: Felix Mendelsohn, 1929)] |
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