Three other people on the side-by-side ATV were able to get out of the water. Troopers are warning of unstable ice.

Ely said there’s an area on the west side of the lake where the Chilkoot River comes in that never really freezes thick.. He said there’s a good mile of shoreline where the ice is thinner.

and down the Yukon River to Dawson City and its goldfields. Today visitors can hike the raw, mountain moonscapes of the Chilkoot; walk Dawson’s dusty, historic streets; and enjoy the charms of ...