(Video) Global warming news: It's mid-April and Coast Guard still battling Lake Superior ice

Even though it's mid-April, the US Coast Guard is still battling ice on Lake Superior.

From CBS Chicago:

Almost one month into spring, and the U.S. Coast Guard is still breaking up ice around the Great Lakes.

VIDEO. #USCG cutters break a way into #Marquette Harbor, helping local mining industry avoid a shutdown. #Michigan http://t.co/vjLeUsv0c7— USCG Great Lakes (@USCGGreatLakes) April 16, 2014

The Coast Guard on Wednesday released video of the cutter Morro Bay carving up ice in the harbor in Marquette, Mich., nestled along the shores of Lake Superior.The ice was preventing the delivery of coal to the area, needed to power local mining operations.

The ice-breaking operations began after a difficult and lengthy escort from in Duluth, Minn.

Here's that video of the ice breaker in Marquette:



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