June 12th, 1916
Alaska’s Big River Breaks up at Eagle
EAGLE, ALASKA — While most of the town was sleeping, the ice slipped out. Breakup happened on the Yukon River here at its first settlement in the United States at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2022. That’s when meltwater rushing from side creeks into the colossal groove of the Yukon lifted a winter-hardened […]
Pilot Station Man Drowns in Fatal Yukon River Snow Machine Accident
Alaska State Troopers reported that a 59-year-old Pilot Stat6ion resident lost his life in a fatal snow machine incident on the Yukon River on Friday evening when their machine fell through the ice. Troopers in St. Mary’s received a call at approximately 7 pm on Friday notifying them that a single snow machine with two […]
Arctic Guardians Conduct Operations on Arctic Sea Ice
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — During a routine flight deep in the Alaska Interior, a small jetliner crashes with a dozen passengers. All survive the harrowing incident without serious injury, but now they’re facing subzero temperatures with the sprawling and towering Alaska Range separating them from rapid rescue by a 210th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk […]