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Nenana Ice Classic, 1968

Guessing the date and time that Tanana River ice will break up in the springtime at Nenana is an annual ritual in Alaska. When the ice breaks up, the "tripod" falls, and trips a clock onshore (Color/Silent/Super 8mm film). According to the website for the Nenana Ice Classic, the guessing game began in 1917, when a group of railroad engineers bet $800 and submitted their guesses for when the river would break up. The Tanana River usually freezes over during October and November, and the ice continues to thicken throughout winter. Break up has occurred as early as April 14 (in 2019) and as late as May 20 (in 1964 and 2013). The year that these scenes were filmed, in 1968, the ice went out on May 8 at 9:26 am. This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-10794 from the George Steck collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives. The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.