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Open Water

A recently refrozen spot in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Approaching open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Arc on underside of ice in Mo's Slough
Area of ice collapse and open water in Hotcake Slough
Areas of open water along trail at upper end of Wenrich Slough
At edge of open water with iron oxidizing bacteria at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 19
Breaking through ice on Hay Slough
Cause of open holes below mouth of Manley Slough
Causes of open water at middle slough of Sam Charley Island
Causes of open water at mouth of Chena River
Changes in river channel above Howard Luke's camp
Changes in river channel at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Channel change and open water at end of airport runway
Channel Changes Slide 16
Channel Changes Slide 22
Charles Slaughter Slide 17
Charles Slaughter Slide 18
Charles Slaughter Slide 19
Charles Slaughter Slide 20
Charles Slaughter Slide 21
Charles Slaughter Slide 30
Charles Slaughter Slide 32
Charles Slaughter Slide 33
Charles Slaughter Slide 34
Charles Slaughter Slide 40
Checking open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 20
Chopping refrozen overflow in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Cold air at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Collapsed ice in trail at lower end of Luke's Slough
Collecting water sample in Davis Slough
Crossing thin ice and open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 16
Cutbank and collapsed ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Dangerous ice in Hotcake Slough
Dangers of traveling on frozen rivers
Data loggers record temperature profile at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Degraded snow conditions at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1
Describing open water in middle slough of Sam Charley Island
Development of new areas of open water
Downstream view of open water across middle slough of Sam Charley Island
Downstream view of open water at end of airport runway
Drainage from surrounding flat land in slough downstream from Randy Pitney's cabin
Driving close to edge of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Drop-off from edge of sandbar at southeast end of Sam Charley Island
Edge of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 20
Effect of air temperature on groundwater flow and ice conditions
Effect of current creating open water
Effect of slack water and current
Erosion creating open water in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Expanding open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 6
Exposed ice edge at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 20
Exposed ice shelf in Mo's Slough
Exposed sandbar at end of airport runway
Flooding and swift water
Groundwater activity in Hotcake Slough
Groundwater upwelling at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Groundwater upwelling in Hotcake Slough
Groundwater upwelling in shallow spots
Hay Slough Time-lapse Video 2011
Hidden open holes at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 11
Hotcake Slough - Main Time-lapse Video 2012
Hotcake Slough - Main Time-lapse Video 2013
Hydrological processes of freezing, water level, and ice collapse
Ice bulging and overflow
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 conditions at Sam Charley Slough - Mid study site
Ice edge and open water at upper end of Hadley Island Slough
Ice loss during ice collapse event
Ice shelf ridge and open water between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island
Ice thickness at Sam Charley Slough - Mid
Ice thickness in Mo's Slough
Investigating ice near Sam Charley Island
Investigating open hole at lower end of Luke's Slough
Investigating open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Iron oxidizing bacteria and smell at end of airport runway
Iron oxidizing bacteria in Luke's Slough
Iron oxidizing bacteria in open water in slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin
Iron oxidizing bacteria in shallow water at end of airport runway
Iron oxidizing bacteria in water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 6
Iron oxidizing bacteria in water by end of airport runway
Iron oxidizing bacteria near island in west channel of Tanana River
Keeping away from open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Knee-deep water at Redlands Shortcut
Knut Kielland Slide 1
Knut Kielland Slide 2
Knut Kielland Slide 3
Knut Kielland Slide 4
Large area of open water near end of airport runway
Larry Hinzman Slide 2
Larry Hinzman Slide 3
Ledge of thick ice with thin ice and open water behind at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Looking northwest toward Chena Ridge from below sandbar bank
Measuring air temperature at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Measuring groundwater temperature in Luke's Slough
Measuring sediment temperature in Luke's Slough
Measuring water temperature above Howard Luke's camp
Measuring water temperature at upper end of Yukon Slough
Measuring water temperature in middle slough of Sam Charley Island
Mixed open water along edge of slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin
More open water at end of airport runway
Mud along edge of open water and underneath snow cover near island in west channel of Tanana River
Muddy area at end of airport runway
Newly formed patches of open water between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island
Observing open water at mouth of Chena River
Open hole in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Open hole in slough downstream from Randy Pitney's cabin
Open hole in trail at end of airport runway
Open spot in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin that Howard Luke marked on map
Open spot near end of airport runway
Open water above Howard Luke's camp
Open water across from Howard Luke's camp close to river bank at Perkin's Landing
Open water along bank at end of airport runway
Open water along bank by end of airport runway
Open water along edge of Davis Slough
Open water along edge of sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 6
Open water along edge of Tanana River at end of airport runway
Open water along river bank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12
Open water along sandbar below mouth of Manley Slough
Open water along slough edge at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 9
Open water and collapsed ice in Davis Slough
Open water and eroded bank in Davis Slough
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 and iron oxidizing bacteria at mouth of Chena River
Open water and iron oxidizing bacteria towards mouth of Chena River from end of airport runway
Open water and overflow at Redlands Shortcut
Open water and refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Open water and refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12
Open water and refrozen spot at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Open water and sandbar drop-off at bottom end of Miller's Shortcut
Open water and steam at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Open water at -30 degrees Fahrenheit in middle slough of Sam Charley Island
Open water at cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Open water at entrance to Luke's Slough
Open water at entrance to middle Sam Charley Slough
Open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 21
Open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 4
Open water at Hotcake Slough-Main study site
Open water at mouth of Chena River
Open water at mouth of Chena River seen from downstream on Tanana River
Open water at sandbar edge at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12
Open water at upper end of middle slough near Sam Charley Island
Open water at upper end of Wenrich Slough below Wenrich Island
Open water below Hotcake Slough near Sam Charley Island
Open water caused by pounding on ice in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Open water in Hay Slough
Open water in main channel of Tanana River above Wenrich Island
Open water in Mo's Slough
Open water in slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin
Open water in slough near northern tip of Willow Island
Open water in trail at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Open water near end of airport runway
Open water near island in west channel of Tanana River
Open water near Sam Charley Island
Open water near southeast end of Sam Charley Island
Open water on main trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island
Open water on trail along south bank below Walt Peirce's cabin
Open water spot at southeast end of Sam Charley Island
Open water spot on main trail near Sam Charley Island
Open water with iron oxidizing bacteria at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 19
Open water with iron oxidizing bacteria at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 21
Open water with iron oxidizing bacteria in Luke's Slough
Open water with iron oxidizing bacteria in Mo's Slough
Open water with iron oxidizing bacteria near island in west channel of Tanana River
Open water with muddy bottom at end of airport runway
Overflow along eroding riverbank
Overflow and open holes at mouth of Pike's Slough
Overflow in upper end of Wenrich Slough
Overhanging slab of ice in Mo's Slough
Portage trail at Hay Slough
Poster of modeling thermal balance
Pressure from swift current at upper end of Wenrich Slough
Refrozen open water in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Relationship between air, sediment and water temperatures
Relationship between ice, water level, and warm water
Relationship between temperature, ice collapse, and open water
River hydrology and ice processes of the Tanana River
Running water in upper end of Wenrich Slough
Sam Charley Slough - Mid Time-lapse Video 2011
Sam Demientieff Slide 4
Sam Demientieff Slide 7
Sam Demientieff Slide 8
Sam Demientieff Slide 9
Sandbar at mouth of Chena River
Sandbar erosion and open water in area 12 miles below mouth of Manley Slough
Scientific equipment at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Scientific equipment at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Scientific equipment at Sam Charley Slough - Mid study site
Scientific equipment at Sam Charley Slough - Mid study site
Scientific monitoring at Hay Slough study site
Scientific monitoring at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Scientific monitoring at Sam Charley Slough - Mid study site
Scientific results at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Seasonal differences in water quality and volume
Slushy trail at northern tip of Willow Island
Small hole of open water along edge of slough downstream from Randy Pitney's cabin
Small hole of water in narrow part of slough downstream from Randy Pitney's cabin
Smell of sulfur gas in hole at lower end of Luke's Slough
Snow and ice bridge in Luke's Slough
Snowmachine trail along edge of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Snowmachine trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 22
Spring afternoon melt in upper end of Wenrich Slough
Standing next to open water at mouth of Chena River
Staying on trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Steam at entrance to Luke's Slough
Steamboats
Successful traveling through dangerous ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10
Testing water temperature at end of airport runway
Thick ice, solid ice, thin ice, and open water in Mo's Slough
Thin ice and open water above Wenrich Island
Thin ice and open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 18
Thin ice and water covered by snow at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1
Thin ice below sandbar bank
Thin ice on snowmachine trail along eroding bank
Time lapse photography at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Trail markers at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12
Undercut ice and water level drop across from upper end of Hadley Island Slough
Unexpected open water along edge of slough downstream from Randy Pitney's cabin
Upland drainage into Hay Slough
Using ice pick to test ice at open lead at bottom of Peirce's Island
Using stick to test water depth and ice strength in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Using sticks to mark open hole in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Variable open water at end of airport runway
View up lower end of Wenrich Slough
Warm weather and open water at end of airport runway
Water along trail on south bank below Walt Peirce's cabin
Water blocking access to levee at end of airport runway
Water depth measurements at Hotcake Slough - Main study site
Water seeping onto ice in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin
Wooden stakes marking bad ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 15
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