The caves of Prince of Wales Island are magnificent and truly weird. Alaska has deep, complex caves that have never been fully explored. And there are many caves of ice, too, with incredible shapes and colors, that are constantly changing. Join us to talk about exploring caves in Alaska, caves of rock and of ice.
This video comes to us from Firefight Films which appears to include drone shots of the Mendenhall Glacier ice cave. Near the end of the video is a shot that seems to show the apparent thickness, or lack thereof, of the roof ice at the cave entrance.
HOST: Charles Wohlforth
GUESTS:
- Daniel Monteith, Glacier Grotto (state chapter of National Speleological Society);
- Tory Houser, recreation planner for Craig and Thorne Bay Ranger District, US Forest Service (for information call 907-828-1614)
- Hollis French, ice caver, former member of Alaska State Senate
LINKS:
- El Capitan Cave, U.S. Forest Service
- Prof. Tim Heaton site on Ice Age Paleontology in Southeast Alaska
BROADCAST: Thursday, November 6, 2014, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. AKDT
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