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Tanana River ice is on track for a record late break up at Nenana. Later than normal break ups are expected at many interior river communities, due to this year’s cold spring, but there’s ...
The Tanana River ice surged at 6:47 p.m. Alaska ... in 1917 when a group of railroad engineers bet a total of $800 trying to guess the precise date and time when the Tanana River would break up.
ANCHORAGE — The ice has gone out on the Tanana River, marking an end to the Nenana Ice Classic.The guessing game ended Saturday at 3:39 p.m. Alaska ...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – People who want to participate in Alaska's biggest guessing contest have until Sunday to buy tickets for the Nenana Ice Classic. Thousands of people each year pay to try to ...
May 8—The ice on the Tanana River went out in ... in 1917 when a group of railroad engineers bet a total of $800 trying to guess the precise date and time when the Tanana River would break up.
Each spring for more than 100 years, residents have organized a high-stakes guessing game over when the ice will break up on the Tanana River. After a long, cold winter, ...
Ice jams backing up the Tanana River in the Interior this week flooded an area near Manley Hot Springs, forcing the evacuation of at least six people and leaving 21 sled dogs stranded on a barge ...
Anyone can buy a ticket for $3 and guess the month, date, hour and minute that the ice on the Tanana River will break up and the tripod will fall. The tripod is connected to a clock.
Apr. 27—The ice on the Tanana River went out ... in 1917 when a group of railroad engineers bet a total of $800 trying to guess the precise date and time when the Tanana River would break up.
Buy a ticket in the Nenana Ice Classic and you could win nearly $300,000. All you have to do is guess when the ice covering Tanana River at the city of Nenana, Alaska will break up. Brothers Josh ...
Tonight's upcoming winter snow storm for the Interior may slow down some river break-ups this month. But the Kuskokwim and Tanana Rivers have seen record early breakups this year, and it’s ...