These photos were taken on December 4, 2006 during an overflight of the park. The photos show the extent of ice formation in the park, and the many areas where pressure ridges, open water and thin ice exist.

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Volunteer researchers Josh Sayers and Danielle Ethier captured these photographs while tracking wolves during the winter of 2008. Most of the information written in the captions was taken from 'Estimating Abundance and Distribution of Gray Wolves using Winter Track Surveys' by Danielle Ethier and Josh Sayers and 'Gray Wolf Winter Tracking Survey 2004-05' by Jennifer Fox. Both of the studies were conducted at Voyageurs National Park.

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On the morning of October 2, 2002 while taxing the park’s floatplane for takeoff, park employees Tom Hablett and Ed Lombard observed two struggling mature bald eagles in the water. The birds were beating each other with their wings and their talons appeared to be locked together. On several occasions an eagle managed to push the other eagle under water for a few seconds. Upon resurfacing, the submerged eagle regained its balance and continued to fight. The fighting ended when the pilot taxied the float plane near the pair. The eagles parted and swam to shore. Park employees last saw the eagles drying out an separate rocks out of sight of each other. Park biologist Lee Grim theorizes that the eagles began a territory dispute in the air and carried it into the water.

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