The Nation - News from Sept. 28, 1986

An ice dam formed by the advancing Hubbard Glacier near Yakutat, Alaska, was expected to fail today, and authorities said the break could allow seals and porpoises trapped in a fiord to escape. Yakutat residents would probably not be threatened. “No one knows what form the failure will take,” a U.S. Forest Service spokesman said. “It could be a sudden outburst and the sudden draining of Russell Lake, or the water could drain over several days.”