Date: 04/23/2016

Number: 1

Tanana River near Nenana, Alaska


"And it’s a wrap for the 2016 Nenana Ice Classic."

"The black and white tripod on the Nenana River finally fell at 3:39 p.m. Alaska standard time Saturday, according to contest manager Cherrie Forness.


Read the news and view the photos and thanks to the Alaska Dispatch News in Anchorage, 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.)

Nenana, AK

Latitude: 64.6 Longitude: -149.1

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