Alaskans Win National Snow-Battlers Championship

from National Public Radio

There was a new competition at the Fur Rendezvous festival in Anchorage, Alaska, this year: team snowball fighting. Thirty-two teams competed in the tournament. The winners — a team called the Rum Runners — have the chance to compete for the United States at the international competition in Japan next year. Host Melissa Block talks with Gary Ray, a co-captain of the Rum Runners.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, March 7, 2011