Low Water in the Yukon River

[longknife]

No Spring flooding? What’s that all about?

The article doesn’t go into a lot of detail so I have to guess there’s something going on to cause it.

More @ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-river-historic-artifacts-1.5134591?cmp=rss

 

[depotoo]

Last fall, Dawson City's George Black Ferry ran aground on a sandbar in the Yukon River. That was blamed on a spring ice jam depositing sediment in new spots, but Turcotte said at the time that low water may have also been a factor.
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So, it is due to an ice jam, but then again, they need another reason...