- Dates
- 1996-01 – 1996-02
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1996 Beacon described clear turquoise “blue ice” formations on wind-driven ice ridges in Donegal Bay. The column recorded local observations and offered a tentative explanation involving clear, low-air ice disturbed by wind and waves.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper observation and informal hypothesis, not an instrumented ice study or verified physical explanation.
Sources
- Describes turquoise geometric forms on wind-driven ice mountains in Donegal Bay and presents a speculative explanation involving clear ice, trapped air, and wave action. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the blue-ice observation column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island residents observe blue ice formations in Donegal Bay in winter 1996”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-donegal-bay-blue-ice-observation-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1996, “Lake Level (and ‘Blue Ice’!!).” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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