Driving on a Glacier-Knik, Alaska

As some of you may know, I sold my first gen Taco and bought a 80 series Land Cruiser. Here is the her first trip out offroading with the family. My dad also takes his FJ Cruiser our for the first time too.

https://youtu.be/Pwc1M1MWeRo

 

beautiful.

 

Well well.

A jeep went right up to the face and as of last night, fell partially into the ice. They left the jeep overnight.

 

^^ after seeing your thread, I saw about the jeep in a FB group and was hoping it wasn't part of your group. Unreal and scary.

Just a thought - do groups ever drone over ice like that or other areas, in hopes of identifying possible issue-areas? From the air that area of the ice looks like trouble.

 

You mean this one?

The main ice was 16-20" thick which is fine. This guy drove way too close to the glacier which is moving, destroying that thin 20" of ice as it moves.

 

Damn.
How in the hell did the recovery vehicles have enough traction to get it out?
Did they anchor to the ice and winch it out?

That's pretty scary. Lucky couple right there.

 

No one anchored to the ice, 2 of the winching jeeps anchored to another vehicle. It isn't glare ice, so some traction can be had.

there were 3 winches hooked up and one really long kinetic rope that popped it out all in tandem.

 

badass

 

That's nuts. I've seen pictures of stuff like this before and always wondered, what keeps the vehicle from going all the way under and sinking?

 

The 2 ice shelves underneath it.

 

Very cool but dangerous

 

As most things worth exploring are.

 

of course the jeep gets stuck

 

I use to train on this glacier. When I was in the Army.

 

I'm pretty sure all his friends were driving Tacoma's and knew better than to get that close.