This document discusses how oriented ice-wedge polygons near drained lakes and meanders in Alaska form parallel to the direction of sediment deposition from receding bodies of water. As water recedes, it leaves behind oriented deposits known as point bars. Tension cracks in the soil then propagate perpendicularly to the direction of maximum tension, which is parallel to the point bars. Therefore, ice-wedge polygons near former water bodies exhibit oriented, parallel patterns that match the depositional orientation of sediments from receding water margins. Maintaining oriented patterns farther from water is difficult due to influences from other environmental factors.