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An hour later, Alaska State Trooper and Alaska Army National Guard helicopters arrived at the lake, Weston said. By 6 p.m., the stranded ice skaters reached safety with the help of ice climbers.

An eyewitness, who was skating on the frozen glacial lake about a 56-mile drive southeast from Anchorage, said she heard noises and then saw the glacier break off, or calve, according to KTUU.