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Hundreds of Alaskans were treated to these experiences in recent days when a rare weather window made for near-perfect ice skating conditions on alpine lakes in Chugach State Park. Though many ...
Tractor and rig for drilling holes for ice fishing Ice ax for drilling holes. Ice fishing gear is highly specialized. An ice saw, ice auger or chisel is used to cut a circular or rectangular hole in the ice. The size of the hole depends on the type of fish sought, generally suggested is 8 inches (20 cm). Power augers are sometimes used.
Officials in Alaska plan to resume a search for a woman who went into an Anchorage area river over the weekend to save a dog but disappeared under the ice.
The Susitna River was named by the Dena'ina Alaska Native people meaning "sandy river" (Tanaina: Susitnu). [3] The river appears to have been first explored by outsiders in 1834 by a "Creole named Malakov" and the name may have been obtained by the Russians at that time, recorded by the Russia Hydrography Department on chart 1378 dated 1847 as Р(ека) Сушитна (R(eka) Sušitna ...
View of the Juneau Icefield. The Juneau Icefield is an ice field located just north of Juneau, Alaska, continuing north through the border with British Columbia, [1] extending through an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi) in the Coast Range ranging 140 km (87 mi) north to south and 75 km (47 mi) east to west.
Ice jams that blocked two Alaska rivers broke loose over the weekend, unleashing a surge of ice and water that caused major floods, damaged homes and left behind huge chunks of ice as tall as 12 ...
The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: Yéil T'ooch’) [1] is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, where Glacier Bay and the Inside Passage are found.