These residents of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, don’t just endure winter, they embrace it.
Surfer Allen Finau is sporting an epic ice beard after surfing and swimming in Lake Superior on Jan. 27. The high temperature that day in nearby Marquette, Mich. reached minus-4 degrees and the low temperature fell to minus-11. This photo was shot at Presque Isle Park. By Kevin Ambrose March 22 Yoopers, a name for residents of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, don’t just endure winter, they embrace it, creating plenty of outdoor fun during their months of never-ending cold and snow.
Below, I interview several Yoopers on how they make the best of a long, punishing season and describe some of their activities and past times...Allen Finau emerges from the surf of Lake Superior in Presque Isle Park, Jan. 27, 2019. Devon Hains, a photographer who shoots surfers in the frigid water of Lake Superior during winter, took some amazing shots during the peak of the polar vortex last January when temperatures plummeted below zero in Michigan.
Despite of all these challenges, Hains presses on. “It’s incredible to watch what these surfers are capable of doing in conditions that seem so unpleasant to the rest of the world,” he said."Plus it makes for some awesome photos!” Jurmu, who operates a FAQ page about Upper Peninsula snowfall, has documented snow in nine months of the year. “It’s not unusual to see snowflakes in September, like we did this year on Sept. 24, and our first measurable snowfall across the Upper Peninsula came on Oct. 4,” he said."And we almost always see snowfall into March and April. I remember about five years ago, we had snow on Mother’s Day.
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