Ice Bridge on the Tanana River

Iditarod teams left the starting line at one end of Pike’s Lodge, traveled in front of the Lodge then went down the boat ramp and out on the river. Locals call it the ice bridge. They explain that even with global warming and climate change, Alaska’s rivers still freeze hard and thick. In some places, cars and trucks use the river as an extensive crossing, like a frozen bridge. Today the dog teams used the Ice Bridge. The route to Nanana some sixty miles away ran along the Tanana River.

Running on the Tanana River