Boy feared dead after falling in crevasse in Alaska

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A 9-year-old Alaska boy fell into a deep glacier crevasse and state troopers say he likely did not survive.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports Shjon Brown of Fairbanks fell roughly 200 feet while riding a snowmobile Saturday at the Arctic Man Classic, a race involving snowmobiles and skiers or snowboarders in the Hoodoo Mountains off the Richardson Highway.

Alaska State Troopers say the boy rode around a small mound and disappeared.

Troopers say he apparently fell into a moulin, which forms when water flowing on glaciers erodes ice.

A climber descended into the hole and spotted the boy’s helmet and goggles and part of the snowmobile.

Authorities say the boy may be buried in deep snow.

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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com