Videos

The following videos can also be viewed on our YukonCharleyRiversNPS YouTube Channel.
Audio-described versions of these videos are available on our Audio-Described YouTube playlist.

 

Yukon River

 

Duration:

7 minutes, 48 seconds

A hyperlapse is a moving timelapse and, in this case, it is of the 100 mile stretch of Yukon River from Eagle, Alaska to Slaven's Roadhouse in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Complete with notable location descriptions, this virtual tour of the Yukon River is for entertainment and basic orientation purposes. Please use it as a visual and mental reference, in addition to proper river information and maps. Enjoy a boat ride down the Yukon, regardless of your location or the weather!

 

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  Windfall Mountain Fire Timelapse

  A timelapse of the Windfall Mountain Fire up the Tatonduk River, shot from across the Yukon River. NPS/Josh Spice

  Duration:

  55 seconds

 

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  Aurora Timelapse over Yukon River

  Captured at Glenn Creek Public Use Cabin in August. Please watch in HD.

  Duration:

  59 seconds

 

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  Yukon River Silt Hiss

  What's that sound? Many rivers in Alaska are fed by melting glaciers. While glaciers melt and move, they grind the earth beneath them into a fine material known as silt. This silt is then deposited into the rivers by glacial meltwater, and thus into rivers like the Yukon. The silt in the Yukon River makes a 'hissing' sound as it passes over rocks and other material in the river, much like how sand or rocks make noise as they slide downhill. NPS/Sean Tevebaugh

  Duration:

  1 minute, 3 seconds

 

Research

 

Duration:

5 minutes, 30 seconds

A common sight along the Yukon River, Peregrine Falcons are often seen soaring high in the sky or swiftly diving to river banks in search of prey. These magnificent birds were not always as common as they are today, their populations declined to the point of endangerment due mostly to pesticide usage. Thanks to environmental regulations of the 1970s, Peregrine Falcons were named an endangered species, and the populations in Alaska and elsewhere have rebounded naturally over time. Scientists have been studying these birds in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve since the mid-1970s, and during an early study in 1975, 11 nesting pairs of falcons were documented. Today in similar surveys, over 50-60 pairs have been noted! This ongoing survey has been instrumental in tracking the Peregrine Falcon's natural recovery within Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. In this video, listen to NPS Ecologist David Payer's recounting of this survey's history, as well as an inside look at how a survey crew finds these raptors for documenting.

 

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  Peregrine Falcon Migration

  Learn about the long migration of Yukon-Charley Rivers' resident peregrine falcons.

  Duration:

  2 minutes, 34 seconds

 

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Wildlife

 

Duration:

1 minute, 9 seconds

Enjoy a close-up view of a day in the life of a beaver, filmed in the Coal Creek drainage in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. NPS/Josh Spice, Greg Kinman, & Dev Dharm Khalsa

 

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Mining History & Sites

 

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Yukon Quest

 

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