Unfortunately, because of lack of an aircraft, no moose or wolf population estimates are available this year. You can download the report here:

https://www.isleroyalewolf.org/annual-reports?fbclid ...

The names of the deceased have been released. You can read it in this link. Both were from Northville, a suburb of Detroit.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 444188007/

Not sure which campsite.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 128596007/

This one is even better. From the "looking north" cam.

If Van Gogh were to paint Isle Royale, it may look something like this:

For the Chippewa Harbor postcard, I think it's actually a pic of Rock Harbor Lighthouse taken from the current Caribou Island campground, with the Middle Islands in the foreground.

From the University of Michigan "David V. Tinder photo collection." Search for Isle Royale. The size of the resort that was on Belle Isle surprised me.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/t/tinder?page=index

That could be. In past years, the winter research team is gone by now. All the activity at Mott over the past several days suggest park infrastructure improvements are going on. Work on the Ojibway tower could be one of these projects.

One of the researchers is up on the Greenstone.

Today, 2/20/2025 was a rare clear day.

Tuesday, February 18th update. The ice bridge has gotten bigger, but may be short lived, Big warmup forecasted for next week.

One formed last week (from about McCargoe Cove to Ontario), but it broke up in the wind. We'll see how long this one lasts.

Canadian ice map from today. An ice bridge has formed between IR and Ontario. That shade of purple means ice is 3"-6" thick, though I suspect a good wind will blow it away. We haven't seen an ice bridge in years.

Lot more activity today, February 1st. Look like ski-tracks along the bottom edge of the photo.

I just noticed what appear to be snowshoe tracks up on the Greenstone. I was wondering if the winter study had begun, so I guess it has. Or am I looking at something else? Thoughts?