So Much For Those Arctic Melting Stories

OMG.Yahoo is reporting:

The person who runs Alaska's biggest annual guessing game predicts a late outcome this year.

Cherrie Forness manages the Nenana Ice Classic, a contest to see who can guess when the ice will give way on the Tanana River in the tiny community of Nenana, about 55 miles south of Fairbanks. The game is a hugely popular form of wagering in Alaska and draws entries from across the state and elsewhere.

Forness says the ice on the Tanana River measured 50.3 inches Monday. That, combined with cold weather this month, is leading her to speculate that the ice might break up late this year, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.

And so it goes.