The ice blocking an essential well for Bethel schools has finally cracked. Officials discovered the frozen well in September and spent almost a month thawing the impasse.
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Essential well freezes at Bethel school, resists melting efforts
“These are just kind of experiments in terror when it comes to this sort of thing,” said James Mikesell, plant facilities manager for the Lower Kuskokwim School District.