Yukon River spring breakup

Four images of an increasingly-less-frozen stretch of the Yukon River
Photo By/Credit

Keith Ramos/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/11/2012
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Each spring the frozen rivers of Alaska melt, shift, break up and once again flow as waterways. The images above show stages of the Yukon River breakup over several days in mid-May 2012.
Ecosystem
River/stream
Tundra
Subject tags
Rivers and streams
Tundra
Wildlife refuges