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Bookmark or Share- Nenana Ice Classic: Breaking up is hard to do predictablyNenana is a small Alaskan town that lies along the Tanana River, roughly 75 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Fairbanks. Ice forms over the Tanana River every autumn, sometimes thickening to a meter (3 feet) through the winter. But sooner or later, spring warmth melts the ice. Predicting precisely how soon or late the ice melts at Nenana has ...
- The River That’s Kept Alaska Guessing for More Than a CenturyThe Nenana Ice Classic, started in 1917, is a high-stakes guessing game over the date, hour and minute of the ice breakup on the Tanana River. The Nenana Ice Classic tripod is on display alongside ...
- Annual Nenana Ice Classic river breakup guessing game ends with an icy ...The ice on the Tanana River went out in Interior Alaska on Monday evening, stopping the clock in the century-old Nenana Ice Classic river breakup guessing game. A 30-foot-tall wooden tripod, which ...
- Nenana, AK | Things to Do, Recreation, & Travel InformationNenana, Alaska is located about 55 miles south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway. This former railroad construction camp is now famous for the Nenana Ice Classic. Find information on things to do, museums, and Alaska Railroad history.
- Nenana Ice Classic | Home | My SiteThe Ice Classic is Alaska's greatest guessing game! In Nenana during1917 a group of engineers surveying for the Alaska Railroad bet $800 putting in their guesses when the river would break up. This fun little guessing game has turned into an incredible tradition that has now continued for over 100 years! Buy and turn in your $3.00 ticket ...
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