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The Case of the Mystery Mussels: Backcountry Ice Skating

Posted on January 18, 2016January 18, 2016 by Total Alaska

The Case of the Mystery Mussels: Backcountry Ice Skating and a Sense of Wonder

“Where did that come from?” my six-year old daughter asked, pointing to large shell poking out of the ice. We were skating up Jim Creek on a recent, chilly and nearly snowless Sunday afternoon. We’d started our adventure from the confluence of the Jim and Knik Rivers, near Great Land Trust’s 800 acre Mud Lake conservation project.

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