News Headline
Lakes are losing their ice cover faster than ever — here’s what that means for us
Source
The Narwhal
Publication Date
2022-01-06
Every winter when Lake Suwa in Japan freezes, locals believe that the Shinto male god Takeminakata crosses the frozen lake with his dragon to visit the female god Yasakatome. He leaves only his footsteps on the ice in the form of a sinusoidal ice ridge called the omiwatari.