These photos are from yesterday. I was down on the beach and if you look at some of the previous posts you will see photos of our winter storms. This is what the beach looks like now. It is covered in sea ice that was pushed up from our storm surges. It varies in depth from 5-8 feet thick. Norton Sound should be covered in this sea ice but it has been warm with several storm surges from the west this winter.
Massive chunks of sea ice which shows just how thick this ice can be!
I am hoping to get the fat tire bike down here on the low tide and buss up the beach. There is this sandy stretch for as far as you can see heading north! Normally there would not be open water!
On Thursday of this week, this was all under water. Once again a storm surge from the west pushed water up the river and caused massive overflow. This is the Iditarod's checkpoint in Unalakleet. I post photos of this as we get closer to the 1st racers arrival. I biked down to check the slough for water and whether or not we could have ski practice over on the Dragon's Back.
This photo shows the area that was under water on Thursday. The water drained off overnight and yesterday (Friday) it was fine to ski, bike, or snowmachine across.
2 comments:
Hope your weather behaves. Love the updates!!!
It must be really warm with that much water showing. Thanks for the updates!
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