Record-early Alaska river breakups are part of a long-term warming trend
Breakup-related betting events on both the Tanana and Kuskokwim rivers just recorded their earliest dates ever.
April 15, 2019
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When a wooden tripod dropped from the last bit of melting ice into the flowing water of Alaska’s Tanana River just after midnight on Sunday, it was more than the earliest recorded breakup of ice in the century-old Nenana Ice Classic betting pool.
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