Event Type
Webinars and Virtual Events

Speaker: Chris Arp, Water and Environmental Research Center, UAF

Event Dates
2022-10-11
Location
Online: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AKDT, 3:00-4:00 pm EDT

Seeing ice first form on lakes and rivers signals the start of winter for many Alaskans. Despite longer and warmer falls in recent years, trends in freeze-up timing are often inconclusive. Part of this challenge may be defining whether freeze-up occurs as a single-day event or a progressive process with widely varied timing depending on the waterbody and season of interest. Defining freeze-up in terms that matter to how people use waters for travel, recreation, and subsistence is likely just as important. As part of a new freshwater ice observation program, Fresh Eyes on Ice, we are looking for citizen observations and insights into freeze-up and the entire ice cycle. This webinar will discuss new efforts being made to improve ice observation in Alaska and ways that you can help.

Please register to attend.