Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program

Snow Insulation

Degraded snow conditions at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1

Dimples in snow at upper end of Yukon Slough

Effect of snow cover on ice at upper end of Wenrich Slough

Hidden bad, thin and dangerous ice in Mo's Slough

Hidden open holes at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Hidden open holes at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 11

Hidden overflow at upper end of middle slough of Sam Charley Island

Insulating effect of snow layers at Sam Charley Slough

Insulating effect of snow on ice in Mo's Slough

Insulation effect of snow on river ice

Investigating snow layers at Sam Charley Slough

Larry Hinzman Slide 10

Lumpy conditions at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 4

Open water and refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Open water covered by snow in Mo's Slough

Open water hidden by snow at end of airport runway

Potential water under snow in middle slough of Sam Charley Island

Role of sandbars in safe river travel

Scientific monitoring at Hotcake Slough - Main study site

Seasonal layers of snow at Sam Charley Slough

Snow and ice bridge in Luke's Slough

Snow around beaver lodge near Hay Slough

Snow drifted along edge of sandbar bank

Snow drifting over trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 22

Snow insulation and ice thickness in Hay Slough

Snowdrift below sandbar cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Solid ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 7

Testing thick and thin ice in Mo's Slough

Thick ice under trail at lower end of Hotcake Slough

Thin ice along snowdrift at sandbar bank

Thin ice and water covered by snow at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1

Undercut snowdrift at end of sandbar bank