Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program

Thin Ice

Beaver dam covered by snow in Hay Slough

Beaver dam in Hay Slough

Beaver lodge near Hay Slough

Beavers and otters creating open water spots along Hay Slough

Billy Adams, Interview 1

Billy Adams, Interview 2

Breaking through ice on Hay Slough

Broken ice beneath snow insulation at upper end of Yukon Slough

Changes in ice along eroding bank

Channel Changes Slide 23

Checking end of sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Crawford and Simeon Patkotak, Sr., Part 1

Crawford Patkotak

Crossing thin ice and open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 16

Degraded snow conditions at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 1

Degraded snow conditions at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 2

Discussing ice and trail conditions at edge of beaver dam in Hay Slough

Edge of beaver dam in Hay Slough

Edge of thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Eroded sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Eugene Brower, Interview 1

Eugene Brower, Interview 2

Expanding open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 6

Herman Ahsoak, Interview 1

Herman Ahsoak, Interview 2

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

Hidden holes of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 7

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

Ice thickness under the snow in slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin

Jack Reakoff Slide 4

Joe Leavitt, Interview 1

Joe Leavitt, Interview 2, Part 1

John Goodwin, Part 1

Knut Kielland Slide 10

Knut Kielland Slide 17

Knut Kielland Slide 8

Knut Kielland Slide 9

Larry Hinzman Slide 1

Larry Hinzman Slide 2

Larry Hinzman Slide 3

Layers of shelf ice down slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin

Ledge of thick ice with thin ice and open water behind at upper end of Wenrich Slough

Lewis Brower, Part 1

Lewis Brower, Part 2

Luther Komonaseak, Interview 1

Luther Komonaseak, Interview 2

More open holes at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 7

Narrow margin between solid ice and thin ice near Sam Charley Island

Nathaniel Olemaun, Jr.

Navigating around beaver dam in Hay Slough

Newly formed thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Newly refrozen ice along eroding bank

Newly refrozen open water along eroding bank

Open water and refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Open water hidden by thin ice and snow at lower end of Hotcake Slough

Open water in Mo's Slough

Otters creating open water

Percy Nusunginya, Part 1

Peter Snow Slide 2

Pockets of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 8

Portage trail at Hay Slough

Recently refrozen open water along snowmachine trail in slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin

Refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 17

Refrozen open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Refrozen snow covered ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 22

Refrozen thin ice at end of airport runway

Richard Glenn, Part 1

Robert Schaeffer, Part 1

Role of sandbars in safe river travel

Ronald Brower, Sr., Part 2

Ross Schaeffer, Part 1

Ross Schaeffer, Part 2

Roy Ahmaogak, Interview 2

Roy and Savik Ahmaogak, Part 1

Roy and Savik Ahmaogak, Part 2

Sandbar hazard at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Sea Ice in Northern Alaska

Small test hole near Sam Charley Island

Snow and ice bridge in Luke's Slough

Snow around beaver lodge near Hay Slough

Snow drifting over trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 22

Snowdrift below sandbar cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Snowmachine tracks over weak ice near point of island at lower end of Luke's Slough

Snowmachine trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 22

Spot of thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 8

Steve Oomittuk, Part 2

Testing suspicious ice in Mo's Slough

Testing thick and thin ice in Mo's Slough

Testing thickness of ice in Sam Charley Slough

Thick ice, solid ice, thin ice, and open water in Mo's Slough

Thin ice along cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 23

Thin ice along snowdrift at sandbar bank

Thin ice and open water above Wenrich Island

Thin ice and open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 18

Thin ice and open water below cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

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

Thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 22

Thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 23

Thin ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 8

Thin ice at lower end of Hotcake Slough

Thin ice at sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 11

Thin ice below sandbar bank

Thin ice below sandbar cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Thin ice hidden under snow at upper end of Yukon Slough

Thin ice in Mo's Slough

Thin ice near eroding riverbank at point of island at lower end of Luke's Slough

Thin ice near point of island at lower end of Luke's Slough

Thin ice on snowmachine trail along eroding bank

Thin refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 17

Thomas Brower, III, Interview 1

Thomas Brower, III, Interview 2

Trail avoids thin ice in Mo's Slough

Travelers talk about beavers and otters on Hay Slough

Using axe to test thin ice at lower end of Hotcake Slough

Virgil Naylor, Sr., Interview 1, Part 1

Walking on ice below snowdrift at sandbar bank

Warming up a wet, cold foot

Willie Goodwin, Jr. and Joe Harris, Sr., Part 1

Winton Weyapuk, Jr., Interview 1

Wooden stakes marking bad ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 15