Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program
Dangerous Ice
Dangerous Ice

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

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Knut Kielland shows the dangers of shelf ice, where layers of thin ice can easily be broken by a snowmachine or a snowmachine ski can easily get caught on the edge.
Process Observed: 
Open Water (Hidden)
Thin Ice
Ice Shelf
Ice Layers
Travel Hazard
Date Process Observed: 
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Galleries: 
Down the slough across from Walt Peirce's cabin Gallery