These pictures prove Wisconsinites are impervious to a deep freeze

1953. Motorcycle enthusiasts from the southeastern Wisconsin area hold their annual winter roundup at Friess Lake.

1954. Skaters scramble for the lead at the start of the midget boys' 220 yard race in the Milwaukee County Parks novice meet at Washington Park.

1957. A "snow plane," which can operate on ice, water or land, has been built by Maynard Popp of Okauchee. Its pusher airplane propeller is powered by a 65 horsepower engine. It has skis for snow, skatelike blades for ice and pontoons for water. The wheels are used for towing the vehicle behind a car.

1964. John Kantak, 63, of 402 W. Grange Ave., relaxes on an ice floe after he took a dip in the lake. The water temperature was 34 degrees.

1965. Broomball is action-packed with 30 minutes of fast skating and equally fast spills.

1971. A resident of Hurley strolls along the sidewalk between some of the 236 inches of snow which has blanketed the northern Wisconsin community.

1979. Brewer outfielder Ben Oglivie, chairman of the March of Dimes Softball Tournament, took a mighty whack at a plastic ball in the snow in Brown Deer Park.

1979. A child flew down a snow-covered hill in Menomonee Falls while playing near MacArthur Drive along the Menomonee River Parkway.

1980. Leon Vajian (left) and James Mallou, leader of Pail and Shovel Party at UW-Madison, pose with an ice replica of the Statue of Liberty.

1981. Jonelle Hoskins got a warm reception as she posed on the ice near Bradford Beach.

1982. Children from Dunwood School in Fox Point snowshoe down a trail at Riveredge Nature Center near Newburg.

1982. Two children were dwarfed by a 50-foot snowman snow sculpture built by a Town of Minocqua crew and volunteers. A utility pole formed the core of the work.

1985. Members of the Milwaukee Polar Bear Club put in an appearance along the lake front New Year's Day.

1985. A fast moving game of ice hockey was played by members of DARE, The Disabled Active in Recreational Endeavors, along with their friends at the Wilson Park Indoor rink.

1986. Parents lined up their children to go down the snow dragon slide in Cutler Park at Waukesha's first Winter Jan-Boree.

1987. Tom Sweitzer practices ice sailing on Nagawicka Lake.

1987. Bowlers found the alleys slick as ice as they competed in the F&M Bank ice-bowling tournament at Mill Pond in Menomonee Falls.

1987. Young man went flying as he and others used plastic baskets and sheets of cardboard to slide over a snow jump they made in Juneau Park.

1988. Children enjoy a 20 foot sculpted pirate ship at Waukesha's Cutler Park that comes equipped with a tube slide through its length.

1990. Members of Lowell School Cub Scout Pack Number 4 cooked pancakes on a fire they built during the Klondike Derby on snow-covered Silver Lake.

1990. Boy Scouts from Panther Troop Number 159 transmitted via semaphore flags at one of the five stages in the Klondike Derby.

1991. Milwaukee Ice carving artist Luppie Rodriquez created this 15-foot ice dragon at Brookfield's Stonewood Village Shops as a demonstration piece for an ice-sculpting contest.

1991. Riders enjoy the 14th annual Winter Horse-drawn Vehicle Rally and Display at the Monona Golf Course in Madison.

1991. An open water fishing device similar to an ice fishing rig has caused a controversy among anglers in Wisconsin. Its developer, John Rinehart (left), uses a taxidermist's display while explaining his product to Dick Sprague of Auburn, Maine.

1994. Skin divers plunged into the cold waters of Lake Michigan Monday near the Milwaukee filtration plant, 3000 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. The exercise was held to train members of the Brookfield Skin Divers' club in recovery and rescue work under winter conditions.

1994. Andrew Wood, of Robbinsdale, Minnesota, has a beardful of ice after finishing the 22nd annual American Birkebeiner, cross-country ski race from Cable to Hayward.

2002. UWM student Nathan Brooks runs past a newly built snowman on the 3100 block of N. Downer Avenue.

2005. Milwaukee School of Engineering XTreme club members wrestled in the snow, had a snowball fight, played snow football and grilled out at the MSOE athletic fields near State and Milwaukee Streets.

2006. A blizzard the previous day didn't stop Scott Limberg from taking in the last ski run of the season today on Lake Tichigan in the Town of Waterford, Wis.

2007. Jason Bean of Milwaukee braved the sub-zero temperatures to get some photographs of the stream coming off Lake Michigan.

2013. A cyclist pedals through a Wisconsin winter.

2014. A visitor to the Apostle Island Ice Caves takes in the natural beauty in solitude.

2014. Resl Weigel, (left) of Milwaukee submerges herself in freezing cold water during the annual Polar Bear Plunge in Milwaukee at Bradford Beach.

2014. Lucky visitors take in the spectacular beauty of the Apostle Island ice caves that can only be opened to the public when temperatures have been cold enough for Lake Superior to freeze.

2015. A visitor is seen under one of the many Apostle Islands ice cave formations.

2015. Apostle Islands ice caves visitors were able to traverse the frozen Lake Superior shores near Bayfield, WI hiking the more than two-mile round-trip to view the natural majestic sculptures.

2015. Five-year-old Malila Durand, of Fifield, WI uses a stick to traverse the snow near the Apostle Islands ice caves.

2015. Brian Takala, of Hayward makes his way into an Apostle Islands ice cave.

2016. A hand print is displayed on a window in Bayside WI.

2016. Stephanie Brinkley, left, and her husband Jon, both of Bayside, sled with their 17-month-old son James at a sled hill in Bayside.

2018. Windsurfers battle strong east winds in Lake Michigan near Bradford Beach as a winter storm bears down on southeastern Wisconsin.

2018. Tim Holte, of Milwaukee perches on a mound of ice while taking photos of the Lake Michigan shoreline that's covered in ice near Bradford Beach.

2018. Josiah Otano, 12, shovels the snow from the steps of the family home on South Superior St.

2018. David Monfre as he rides his bike along the Menomonee River Parkway in Wauwatosa.