They say, “Breaking up is hard to do”. That is the case in both romance and Alaskan rivers. But, like relationships, not all ice breakups are the same. In fact, the NOAA/National Weather Service's Alaska Region shared recently that there are two distinct types of Ice-Jam breakups. The first, and less severe, is called “Thermal Breakup” and involves rotten (candled) ice, low snow pack, and a warm sunny April that allows the rivers to gradually give way to spring, causing mi