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/