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Title: The History and Evolution of Track Machinery Used for the Purpose of Avalanche Clean Up on the Alaska Railroad: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Bruce A. Gough; Description: Avalanches pose unique challenges to transportation corridors in Alaska. The states distance from the contiguous lower 48, coupled with extreme weathe...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P4-37.pdf; Keywords: avalanche cleanup, snow rotary, alaska railroad, risk reduction, excavator, bulldozers; View additional details about The History and Evolution of Track Machinery Used for the Purpose of Avalanche Clean Up on the Alaska Railroad

Title: Know Before You Go: Adapting Youth Avalanche Education for Alaska: Date: 2012; Authors: Sean Fallon, Eeva Latosuo; Description: Increased accessibility and snow sports media expose more youth to dangerous avalanche terrain than ever before. Standard avalanche education has fail...; Object ID: issw-2012-788-794.pdf; Keywords: youth, avalanche education, avalanche awareness, know before you go, alaska, alaska avalanche school; View additional details about Know Before You Go: Adapting Youth Avalanche Education for Alaska

Title: The Effect of Changing Slope Angle on Extended Column Test Results: Can We Dig Pits in Safer Locations?: Date: 2010; Authors: Karl W. Birkeland, Ron Simenhois, Joachim Heierli; Description: Avalanche practitioners often assume that weak snowpack layers fracture more easily in steeper terrain. We are typically reluctant to conduct stabilit...; Object ID: ISSW_O-010.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, ect, alaska, montana; View additional details about The Effect of Changing Slope Angle on Extended Column Test Results: Can We Dig Pits in Safer Locations?

Title: Whatâ€™s Next for Snowmobile Specific Avalanche Education?: Date: 2010; Authors: Sean Wisner, Mike Buck, Sarah Carter; Description: Snowmobiling education and outreach is evolving in North America. The Alaska Avalanche Information Center is working to integrate and communicate snow...; Object ID: ISSW_P-053.pdf; Keywords: snowmobile, alaska avalanche information center, slope tests; View additional details about Whatâ€™s Next for Snowmobile Specific Avalanche Education?

Title: Keeping the Tools Sharp: Case Study of Four Avalanche Fatalities During the Snow Season 05-06 in Alaska: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Eeva Latosuo, Paul Brusseau, Bill Romberg; Description: Each human involved avalanche is unique and the outcomes of subject location and recovery are influenced by the availability of search tools and resou...; Object ID: P__8075.pdf; Keywords: alaska, organized avalanche rescue, avalanche training, avalanche incident case studies, avalanche fatalities; View additional details about Keeping the Tools Sharp: Case Study of Four Avalanche Fatalities During the Snow Season 05-06 in Alaska

Title: Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Assess Avalanche Hazards for New Road Corridors in Alaska: Date: 2006; Authors: Douglas D. Scott; Description: As part of HDRâ€™s Chignik Connectors Project (a road system connecting the three communities of Chignik), assessment and mapping of potential av...; Object ID: issw-2006-465-467.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, alaska, transportation, geographic information systems (gis), terrain modeling, and remote sensing; View additional details about Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Assess Avalanche Hazards for New Road Corridors in Alaska