Horseplay on Aufeis

July 11th, 2010 by Carl D
Alaska rafting tour, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
Horseplay on the aufeis on our Canning River rafting trip, ANWR.

Hey Folks,

Here’s a shot from our recent rafting trip down the Canning River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. You can see we had a lot of fun, great spirits, great weather, spectacular scenery and a great, great group of folks. What more could we ask for?

Aufeis is a German word to refer to overflow ice, that typically melts out during the summer, and re-accumulates in the winter. It’s pretty common along most waterways in the Arctic. Here it provided a platform for some tom-foolery.

Good fun all the way around.

Minutes earlier we’d been watching a mature bull caribou wander along the ridges of Aufeis; caribou often hang out on the ice to keep cool and stay away from the oft-present mosquitoes during summer’s brief madness.

Fortunately this year the bugs were largely gone by the time of our trip, and we all had a great time with no insanity from the mosquitoes.

Cheers

Carl

Expeditions Alaska
Visit the wild