Bethel Search and Rescue advises against travel on the Kuskokwim River due to dangerous conditions of open water and thin ice identified in their annual aerial survey.

4-13-14 River ice treacherous - Bethel, Alaska, USA

Two four-wheelers carrying five men leaving Bethel broke through needle ice on the upper end of Church Slough on Sunday night. Two of the men died, while three others were treated for hypothermia in Bethel.

Late freeze on the Lower Kuskokwim produced ice conditions unsafe for travel in November.