A Heartening Documentary Follows the Community Harvesting Ice in Minnesota’s North Woods

October 1, 2021

A Heartening Documentary Follows the Community Harvesting Ice in Minnesota’s North Woods

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Each winter months in Ely, Minnesota, a team travels out onto an icy lake to reduce substantial blocks of ice from its surface area. They carry the thick portions to storage space, where they’re piled, covered in sawdust, and also maintained for usage the remainder of the year, a once-necessary me …