FAIRBANKS -- A pair of lifelong Alaskans — one from Juneau and one from Galena — were the lucky winners in this year’s Nenana Ice Classic.

Gail Gregory of Galena knows what she wants to spend part of her husband’s Ice Classic winnings on. “We can get running water,” Gregory said by phone Saturday from the bush village on the bank of the Yukon River 300 miles west of Fairbanks. “I’d like to get up in the morning and have a shower.” story continues..