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Video: Breakup on the Tanana River

It's spring in Alaska and breakup has begun. Filmmaker David Brannan captured the beauty of the Tanana River as ice floes are carried downstream and frozen ocean ice finally melts.

Breakup takes weeks to unfold, but this year most of the ice on the Tanana River went out on April 26, according to Brannan. Green buds and flourishing tundra fauna are soon on their way.

For more breakup information, visit Alaska River Forecast Center's website.

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