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Photo by Johnny Wagner
Sam Phillips, left, moves a large piece of ice from the frozen Tanana River as Jesse Keith, second from left, Jeff Mayrand, third from left, and Jacob Kukes work to create a two-foot trench in the ice that will house the Nenana Ice Classic tripod Sunday afternoon, March 2, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be awarded to the winner(s) of the Classic who guess the date and time closest to when the thawing ice begins to move downstream.
