Slough below Randy Pitney's cabin A Gallery
Date Observed: Dec 17, 2005
 Approaching an open hole in the middle of the trail. Processes Observed |
 Neil Scannell looking at an open spot in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin that Athabascan elder Howard Luke had marked on a map. Howard thinks this spot is caused by an underground spring. Processes Observed |
 Water seeping around the edges of the cracked and collapsed ice. Processes Observed |
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A close-up view of a spot of open water that has recently refrozen. Processes Observed |
This is a site in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin that was open at the time we passed by. There was a layer of ice under the water. Sticks were placed in the hole as warning markers for travelers. Processes Observed |
 Neil Scannell showing the water depth on a stick poked through the hole in the ice in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
 Neil Scannell testing the ice strength with a hand axe in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
 More open water was caused by Neil Scannell pounding on the ice in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
 Sam Demientieff testing the water depth and ice strength with a stick in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
Date Observed: Feb 2, 2006
 Knut Kielland chopping refrozen overflow ice that covered the previously open water spot in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. William Schneider looks on. Processes Observed |
 Knut Kielland chopping ice in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
 Martin Jeffries using an ice auger to test the ice thickness and trying to reach water in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. William Demoski (left) and William Schneider look on. Processes Observed |
 Breaking through the ice with the auger in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
 Augered hole through layers of refrozen water over ice in the slough below Randy PItney's cabin. Processes Observed |
 Group enjoying a break at -30 degrees Fahrenheit in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
Date Observed: Apr 8, 2006
 Sam Demientieff testing the stick placed in the open hole in December on the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. The spot refroze through the winter and the stick is frozen in. Processes Observed |
 Sam Demientieff discussing the occurrence of underground springs in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin. Processes Observed |
Sam Demientieff talking about the seasonal changes and underground spring activity observed at this site. Athabascan elder Howard Luke marked this place on the map as having an underground spring. Processes Observed |
 Karen Brewster videotapes Sam Demientieff talking about this previously open spot that is now frozen over. Processes Observed |
Date Observed: Dec 17, 2007
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Rechecked this site in the slough below Randy Pitney's cabin where had previously found open water, but this time it was all well frozen over, so no photograph was taken of the site. Were other open spots farther up the side sloughs as we traveled. (See: Slough Downstream from Randy Pitney's Cabin) Processes Observed |