All Times Alaska Standard Time
This graph shows how frequently				Science: The river usually freezes over
breakup occurs each hour.				during the months of Oct. and Nov.
Questions? Call us at 832-5446				The ice continues to get thicker throughout
or write Box 272, Nenana, 99760				the winter with the average thickness being
				42" on April 1. Depending on the temperature
M-12:59am		*		snow cover, wind, ect., the ice may freeze
1-1:59am		*		slightly more and then start to melt. The ice
2-2:59am		*		melts on the top due to the weather and on
3-3:59am				the bottom due to the water flow.
4-4:59am
5-5:59am		*		River: The tripod is planted two feet into the
6-6:59am		**		Tanana River ice between the highway bridge
7-7:59am				and the railroad bridge at Nenana, just up-
8-8:59am				river from the Nenana river tributary. It is
9-9:59am		******		300 feet from the shore and connected to a
10-10:59am		******		clock that stops as the ice goes out.
11-11:59am		********
N-12:59pm		*******		Prize: In 1917 railroad engineers bet $800
1-1:59pm		*********		guessing when the river would break up. Last
2-2:59pm		*******		year, the winners shared the prize money of
3-3:59pm		*********		$303,272. Over $10 million has been paid
4-4:59pm		*****		during the past 91 years. Payoff will be made
5-5:59pm		*******		June 1st, 2008.
6-6:59pm		*******
7-7:59pm		*****		Tickets: Tickets are sold throughout Alaska
8-8:59pm		***		from February 1 through April 5. A guess
9-9:59pm		***		costs $2.50. All your tickets must be filled
10-10:59pm		*		out with name, address, and date and time
11-11:59pm		***		of guess. Put the tickets in one of the red
				Nenana Ice Classic cans.
		Email: classic@mtaonline.net
		http://www.nenanaakiceclassic.com/
Nenana Ice Classic Past Winning Dates & Times
20-Apr		1940	1998
		3:27 PM	4:54 PM
21-Apr
22-Apr
23-Apr		1993
		1:01 PM
24-Apr		1990	2004
		5:16PM	2:16 PM
25-Apr
26-Apr		1926	1995
		4:03 PM	1:22 PM
27-Apr		1988	2007
		9:15 AM	3:47 PM
28-Apr		1943	1969	2005
		7:22 PM	12:28 PM	12:01 PM
29-Apr		1939	1953	1958	1980	1983	1994	1999	2003
		1:26 PM	3:54 PM	2:56 PM	1:16 PM	6:37 PM	11:01 PM	9:47 PM	6:22 PM
30-Apr		1917	1934	1936	1942	1951	1978	1979	1981	1997
		11:30 AM	2:07 PM	12:58 PM	1:28 PM	5:54 PM	3:18 PM	6:16 PM	6:44 PM	10:28 AM
1-May		1932	1956	1989	1991	2000
		10:15 AM	11:24 PM	8:14 PM	12:04 AM	10:47 AM
2-May		1960	1976	2006
		7:12 PM	10:51 AM	5:29 PM
3-May		1919	1941	1947
		2:33 PM	1:50 AM	5:52 PM
4-May		1944	1967	1970	1973
		2:08 PM	11:55 AM	10:37 AM	11:59 AM
5-May		1929	1946	1957	1961	1963	1987	1996
		3:41 PM	4:40 PM	9:30 AM	11:31 AM	6:25 PM	3:11 PM	12:32 PM
6-May		1928	1938	1950	1954	1974	1977
		4:25 PM	8:14 PM	4:14 PM	6:01 PM	3:44 PM	12:46 PM
7-May		1925	1965	2002
		6:32 PM	7:01 PM	9:27 PM
8-May		1930	1933	1959	1966	1968	1971	1986	2001
		7:03 PM	7:30 PM	11:26 AM	12:11 PM	9:26 AM	9:31 PM	10:50 PM	1:00 PM
9-May		1923	1955	1984
		2:00 AM	2:13 PM	3:33 PM
10-May		1931	1972	1975	1982
		9:23 AM	11:56 AM	1:49 PM	5:36 PM
11-May		1918	1920	1921	1924	1985
		9:33 AM	10:46 AM	6:42 AM	3:10 PM	2:36 PM
12-May		1922	1937	1952	1962
		1:20 PM	8:04 PM	5:04 PM	11:23 PM
13-May		1927	1948
		5:42 AM	11:13 AM
14-May		1949	1992
		12:39 PM	6:26 AM
15-May		1935
		1:32 PM
16-May		1945
		9:41 AM
17-May
18-May
19-May
20-May		1964
		11:41 AM
21-May
22-May