Brigitta Green from the winter wonderland of Minnesota has a fitting question for us about ice. After a mysterious, late-night howling sound aroused curiosity on the streets of St. Paul last winter, she wants to know how it is that frozen bodies of water produce such eerie noises. Chris Polashenski, Arctic researcher and expert on all things cold, has our answer.
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