Increasing expanses of melted snow and ice during the spring melt
Weasel checking sea ice landing strip at Oliktok Point - If
weasel didn't break ice, ski planes could land.
If weasels broke ice, they would float as they were amphibious.
Image ID: corp1100, NOAA At The Ends of the Earth Collection Location: Alaska Northern, Brownlow Point Photo Date: Spring 1950 Photographer: Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren, NOAA Corps (ret.)