[thackney]

Yes. This is too far south to have sufficient ice to haul heavy loads this early in the season.

Even if you had shoreline at Nome with sufficient ice, where would you haul it from? It comes from the south and is normally barged in but early sea ice this year (combined with late orders trying to take advantage of falling prices earlier) got them too late for the barge.

There are no Alaska roads heading to the west coast from from the Anchorage - Fairbanks highways.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Well, I was just jiving ya, but it appears you need 3’ of ice to drive a truck on it.

I was thinking they could drive out to the frozen-in tanker to load.

Of course this is salt-water ice which probably has no strength compared to fresh-water ice.