00:00Have you ever bet on the weather? Not just rain or shine, but the second ice breaks and winter yields
00:06to spring.
00:07In a small town in Alaska, that's exactly what people do. It's called the Nenana Ice Classic.
00:12Every winter, a wooden tripod is installed on the frozen Tanninol River.
00:16A clock is wired to it, and the moment the ice shifts and the tripod moves 100 feet, the clock
00:22stops.
00:23Your job is simple. Guess the precise date and minute it breaks.
00:27People have been placing this bet since 1917.
00:30Some years, the ice gives up in April. Other years, it holds on until May.
00:35Snowpack, river current, a sudden warm spell, one heavy rain.
00:39You study the forecasts, you track the temperature swings, and you ask yourself one question.
00:44When will winter finally crack? Then you wait, along with thousands of others who chose their second.
00:49Because eventually, no matter how solid it looks, the ice gives way.
00:52And when it does, one person nails the moment.
00:55A town tradition built on weather, a jackpot built on patience, and one perfect second when winter runs out of
01:02time.
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