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Report ID# 115250

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  • Flush Drowning
  • Does not Apply
  • Cold Water
  • Inadequate Equipment
  • Inexperience
  • Poor Planning

Accident Description

Jaymes H. Schoenberg (22) and a partner used packrafts to cross the swollen Sagavanirktok River en route to Arctic Village. Jaymes overturned his boat and was quickly separated from his partner. He was not wearing a PFD.

 

https://thingstolucat.com/2019/08/15/packraft-fatalities/

Fairbanks Daily News Miner, page 1 and 6

https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2009-07-14/page-1/

https://fairbanks-daily-news-miner.newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/2009-07-14/page-6/

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