"It was just a bunch of blocks piled on top of each other and they were welded together with the wind and snow," Outdoor enthusiast Josh Baker explained.
/ Courtesy: Josh Baker
EMMET CO. -- An island has sprung up off the coast of Lake Michigan and this one isn't made of dirt.
"It was just a bunch of blocks piled on top of each other and they were welded together with the wind and snow," Outdoor enthusiast Josh Baker explained.
Over the weekend, Baker and his family stumbled across this giant island floating in Lake Michigan outside of the small town of Good Hart.
Sunday, he decided to climb the jagged, 15-foot ice mountain. Once he made it to the top, he noticed the structure was different on the other side.
"The side facing the lake was almost sheer, it was pretty neat. So the side I was on was all jumbled and the opposite side was just sheer down to the water," Baker said.
Good Hart General Store Owner Jim Sutherland says this sight is not a new one, but he says it has been many years since he has seen one this big.
"This year we have been fortunate enough to have cold weather, lots of wind, and combined it builds ice into ice caves, ice mountains," Sutherland said.
He says mother nature has probably been building this ice island for around 6 to 8 weeks.
"The wind combined with the movement of water, vertically and horizontally, a whole motion of the lake as it moves towards the mountains of ice," Sutherland explained.
That mountain of ice left Josh Baker with a camera full of memories and a unique sight to share with northern Michigan.
"I've never seen anything that concentrated. You will see blocks stacked against one another on the shoreline but this was so tall, so huge," Sutherland said.
