Wading into the icy Yukon River for science
![Heather Best (in water) a USGS hydrologist, prepares to throw a road grader blade with a river measuring device into the Yukon River near Eagle. USGSS hydrologist Liz Richards watches for icebergs. Photo-Ned Rozell Wading into the icy Yukon River for science](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/image2022-05-20-1.jpg)
EAGLE, ALASKA — Snow geese flew in a ragged V overhead, rasping as they looked down upon Alaska’s bumpy face for the first time in 2022. Nine hundred feet below, the Yukon River flowed by quietly, except for the dull thuds of icebergs skidding along the river bottom near the shore. Sensing a break in […]