Date: 05/20/2013

Number: 1

Tanana River near Nenana, Alaska


"The Tanana River ice officially broke up on May 20th at 2:41 pm Alaska Standard Time

The latest time on record the ice has ever gone out. "



Read the news and view the photos and thanks to the Nenana Ice Classic in Nenana, Alaska.


(note: The Nenana Ice Classic is an annual contest held in Alaska since 1917 to guess the exact time the Tanana River ice breaks up in the area of Nenana. A tripod is placed on the ice with a long tether to a clock on the shore. When the river ice begins its break-up the tripod will begin to move downriver and the tether pulls on the clock thereby stopping the clock.)

Tanana River, AK

Latitude: 64.5 Longitude: -149.1

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