Sentinels Encased in Ice

摘要

In December 2010, images of Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse appeared on international news broadcasts, and a video of the lighthouse taken by a Cleveland, Ohio, news station went viral on YouTube. The fascination had nothing to do with the light's solicitous mission of guiding shipping into the Cuyahoga River, nor did it reflect interest in the beacon's 100th anniversary, just months away. The excitement was about ice, lots of it, wondrously transforming the sentinel's exterior into-in the words of a British news station-a "stunning ice palace."