Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program

Travel Hazard

Area where Junior Moses went into open hole on Hay Slough

Breaking through ice on Hay Slough

Charles Slaughter Slide 12

Charles Slaughter Slide 13

Charles Slaughter Slide 14

Charles Slaughter Slide 16

Charles Slaughter Slide 17

Charles Slaughter Slide 22

Charles Slaughter Slide 23

Charles Slaughter Slide 36

Checking open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 20

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

Dangers of traveling on frozen rivers

Driving close to edge of open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Faye Nusunginya, Part 1

Flat light on the Tanana River 1 mile below Wenrich Slough

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

Hidden ice hazard at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 14

Hidden open water at end of airport runway

Hidden open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 9

Hidden open water or thin ice at upper end of Yukon Slough

Ice collapse across snowmachine trail at upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 14

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 17

Ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 19

Ice collapse hazard near upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice collapse near upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice edge and open water at upper end of Hadley Island Slough

Ice shelf on trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Keeping away from open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Knut Kielland Slide 13

Knut Kielland Slide 14

Knut Kielland Slide 15

Knut Kielland Slide 16

Knut Kielland Slide 17

Larry Hinzman Slide 6

Larry Hinzman Slide 8

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

Leaving sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Ledge of dropped ice at upper end of Wenrich Slough

Lloyd and Amelia DeWilde, Part 3

Marked hazard on trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Northern extent of collapsed ice in Sam Charley Slough

Old snowmachine track across ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 14

Open hole in trail at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 10

Open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 21

Open water at sandbar edge at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Open water spot on main trail near Sam Charley Island

Overflow and water seepage at end of airport runway

Passing over an area of a previous ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 5

Portage trail at Hay Slough

Randy Brown, Interview 2, Part 1

Refrozen ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 17

Refrozen ice collapse at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 5

Risks of river travel in the area 12 miles below mouth of Manley Slough

Sam Demientieff Slide 12

Sam Demientieff Slide 13

Sam Demientieff Slide 8

Sam Demientieff Slide 9

Sandbar hazard at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Small test hole near Sam Charley Island

Snow and ice bridge in Luke's Slough

Snow and ice collapse at edge of sandbar at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 18

Snow-filled crack in lower Tanana River ice

Snowdrift below sandbar cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Snowmachine by open hole at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 17

Southern extent of collapsed ice in Sam Charley Slough

Sticks marking travel hazard on trail between mouth of Chena River and Byers Island

Thin ice and open water at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 18

Thin ice below sandbar cutbank at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 12

Trail avoids thin ice in Mo's Slough

Undercut snowdrift at end of sandbar bank

Using sticks to mark open hole in slough below Randy Pitney's cabin

Wind-blown silt on ice on lower Tanana River

Windy conditions on lower Tanana River

Wooden stakes marking bad ice at Fairbanks to Nenana Stop 15