Fairbanks to Nenana Trip Stop 12 Gallery
Date Observed: Apr 16, 2013
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Chas Jones The dark color of a sandbar accelerates snow melt during the warm sunny days of spring, Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Sandbars can pose hidden travel hazards. The edges of sandbars can be hidden by snow cover, so care must be taken when entering or exiting. The cutbanks of sandbars can form steep drop offs and have thin ice or open water below. Processes Observed |
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Dashiell Feierabend Eroding edge of a sandbar free of snow cover. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones A large part of a sandbar exposed during the warm, sunny days of spring. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Snowdrifts accumulating below sandbar cutbanks can insulate the ice causing thin ice conditions to be hidden below. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Thin ice can form below the cutbank of a sandbar and can be hidden from view when crossing over the top of the sandbar. Processes Observed |
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Dashiell Feierabend Chas Jones stands on the overhanging edge of a sandbar that has been eroded from below. Processes Observed |
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Dashiell Feierabend Chas Jones on the overhanging edge of an eroded sandbar. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones It is important to stay away from the edges of sandbars as undercut erosion may not be visible from above. Open water along the edge of a sandbar also could be hidden and therefore dangerous if exiting the sandbar from above. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Close-up of thin ice and open water below the eroded cutbank of a sandbar. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Close-up view of eroded sandbar and thin ice below. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Care should be taken when leaving a sandbar as it can look safe when it may or may not be. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Before continuing on his travel route, Dashiell Feierabend checks the end of a sandbar to make sure the ice below is safe. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Open water and recently refrozen ice at the edge of a sandbar still covered with snow. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Trail markers indicate the route of the Iron Dog Snowmachine Race, but there is no guarantee that the trail remains safe after the race. Note that water is forming along the edge of the sandbar nearby. Processes Observed |
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Chas Jones Open water along the edge of the river bank still a distance from the main snowmachine trail. Processes Observed |