Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program

Ice Collapse

Another view of ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 5

Approaching an area of ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 4

Area of ice collapse and open water in Hotcake Slough

Between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Break in ice at end of airport runway

Changes in river channels at end of airport runway

Channel change at end of airport runway

Channel Changes Slide 19

Channel Changes Slide 20

Charles Slaughter Slide 10

Collapsed ice in trail at lower end of Luke's Slough

Cutbank and collapsed ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Dangerous ice close to trail in Mo's Slough

Dangerous ice in Hotcake Slough

Deteriorating ice conditions at end of airport runway

Driving close to edge of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Edge of ice which has dropped in slough below Willow Island

Effect of air temperature on groundwater flow and ice conditions

End of Airport Runway

Erosion creating open water in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin

Erosion of undercut ice edge at upper end of Wenrich Slough

Examining ice in slough below Willow Island

Exposed ice shelf in Mo's Slough

Exposed sandbar at point of island at lower end of Luke's Slough

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 1

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 10

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 14

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 17

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 18

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 19

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 4

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 5

Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 8

Groundwater activity in Hotcake Slough

Hidden ice hazard at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 14

Hidden open holes and collapsed ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 8

Hotcake Slough A

Hotcake Slough B

Hydrological processes of freezing, water level, and ice collapse

Ice bulging and overflow

Ice collapse across from upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice collapse across snowmachine trail at upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice collapse and open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 19

Ice collapse and water depth

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 14

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 17

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 19

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 5

Ice collapse at upper end of Wenrich Slough

Ice collapse hazard near upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice collapse in Hotcake Slough

Ice collapse in slough below Willow Island

Ice collapse near upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice edge and open water at upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice edge on slough below Willow Island

Ice loss during ice collapse event

Ice shelf after ice collapse in upper end of Wenrich Slough

Ice shelf in Hotcake Slough

Ice shelf on trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Ice shelf ridge and open water between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Investigating ice near Sam Charley Island

Investigating open hole at lower end of Luke's Slough

Keeping away from open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Ledge of dropped ice at upper end of Wenrich Slough

Looking downriver from spot in former main channel of Tanana River

Lower end of Luke's Slough

Marked hazard on trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Martin Jeffries Slide 7

Middle of Tanana River between Byers Island and mouth of Chena River

Mouth of the Chena River

Northern extent of collapsed ice in Sam Charley Slough

Old snowmachine track across ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 14

Open hole in trail at end of airport runway

Open water and ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Open water and ice collapse in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin

Open water and ice drop-off on main trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Open water at end of airport runway

Open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 4

Open water at upper end of Wenrich Slough below Wenrich Island

Open water hidden by snow at end of airport runway

Open water under cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Overhanging slab of ice in Mo's Slough

Passing over an area of a previous ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 5

Point of island at lower end of Luke's Slough

Questionable ice between sandbars at end of airport runway

Refrozen ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 5

Refrozen open water alongside bank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1

Relationship between air, sediment and water temperatures

Relationship between ice, water level, and warm water

Relationship between temperature, ice collapse, and open water

Sam Charley Island

Sam Charley Slough B

Sam Demientieff Slide 12

Sam Demientieff Slide 13

Sam Demientieff Slide 5

Sandbar at mouth of Chena River

Seasonal changes in ice conditions

Seasonal differences in water quality and volume

Slough below Randy Pitney's cabin B

Slough below Willow Island

Slough outlet across from upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Smell of sulfur gas in hole at lower end of Luke's Slough

Snow and ice collapse at edge of sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 18

Snowmachine by refrozen open water area at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1

Snowmachine trail along edge of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Southern extent of collapsed ice in Sam Charley Slough

Staying on trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Steamboats

Sticks marking travel hazard on trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Successful traveling through dangerous ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Taking a photo at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 4

Thick ice collapse in Mo's Slough

Thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 8

Undercut ice and water level drop across from upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Upper end of Wenrich Slough below Wenrich Island

Upper end of Yukon Slough

Water seeping onto ice in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin