Shelby Herbert

Otherwise, he would have won at some point.

For NPR News, I'm Shelby Herbert in Fairbanks.

The Nenana Ice Classic clock stopped on Monday night when a tripod balanced on the river ice tipped over.

The game signals the arrival of summer and has gone on for over a century.

Alaskan climatologist Martin Stouffer says that's why it's a valuable data point.

Still, he says scientists can't use the data to predict river ice breakup down to the minute.

Otherwise, he would have won at some point.

For NPR News, I'm Shelby Herbert in Fairbanks.

The Ninana Ice Classic clock stopped on Monday night when a tripod balanced on the river ice tipped over.

The game signals the arrival of summer and has gone on for over a century.

Alaskan climatologist Martin Stufer says that's why it's a valuable data point.

Still, he says scientists can't use the data to predict river ice breakup down to the minute.

Otherwise, he would have won at some point.

For NPR News, I'm Shelby Herbert in Fairbanks.

Public land orders have kept Alaska's Dalton Corridor under federal control for over 50 years.

State and federal officials say doing away with them clears a path for energy and mineral production.

But that's getting pushback from some Alaskans.

Concerns range from environmental impacts to residents losing subsistence hunting rights.

John Gaedeke is a local activist working to stop the Ambler Road mining infrastructure project on the subject lands.

The Department of the Interior says it'll publish the order in the Federal Register this week.