How a new project links community members with scientists to monitor Alaska’s river and lake ice
River and lake ice — which are critical for Arctic travel — have been freezing later and thawing earlier. A new project enables local residents to better monitor that ice.
April 23, 2019
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In Alaska, where roads are sparse and where travel over frozen rivers and lakes is common, thin ice can be deadly. So far this season, 10 people have died after falling through river or lake ice and several others have had been rescued.
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