Here are the rest of the photos from when Jack drove through the flooded area, the portion of the road that was recently closed because of the overflow of the Sag River onto the Dalton.  There is a HUGE tracked vehicle that Jack says can float!  I can’t see how that’s possible but supposedly, if it breaks through the ice, it won’t sink to the bottom of whatever it is on.  In his case it’s a matter of a few feet to the ground.  But it’s just hard to imagine either way.

Click on the first one and scroll to the right.

Jack is heading toward Prudhoe so the Sag River overflow is coming from the right.

This is the tracked vehicle that Jack says can float. He called it an excavator with float tracks but it probably has a specific name.

You can see multiple berms created by the excavators.

This plowing equipment is the State of Alaska’s – they are still there plowing the road. They take care of the road and the private contractors take care of the flooding.

Coming up on the line that is heading out of Prudhoe.

Jack is on the other side of the flooded area now. This is what the road is supposed to look like at this time of year.