We ended up circling outside Naknek for so long that the bosses decided we should skip Dillingham and head straight for Bethel. Yesterday, the morning of the 15th of May, we had 8 hours of snow. The good news was as we entered the Kuskokwim we didn’t encounter ice. We heard another boat had made it as far as Eek before being turned back two days before. We headed on and about 15 miles south of Eek we found the ice. Eek is a natural holding area to await tides for shallows we have to cross before heading to Bethel, so we circled for 24 hours and are about to make the next leg up. The good news is the ice has thinned. Fingers Crossed!
Updated : they made it to Bethel.
This is a video made by Max, the engineer onboard the Fish Hawk, from the Sunday trip upriver.
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