BY THE NUMBERS

BY THE NUMBERS

Winter Carnival

107

Carnivals held since 1911

$400

Prize awarded to the winner of the Carnival poster competition, won this year by Helena Eitel ’17 for her “Dartmouth College of Icecraft and Blizzardry” design

19

Years that Psi Upsilon hosted its keg jump, in which skaters leaped over beer kegs. The event was banned in 2000.

1

Guinness World Record set at Carnival. In 1987 the snow sculpture was deemed the “tallest snowman.”

4

Times the Carnival theme has revolved around Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Ted Geisel ’25): “Seuss on the Loose” in 2016;

“Oh, the Places it Snows:

A Seussentennial” in 2004; “How the Grinch Stole Carnival” in 1992; and “Hanover Hears a Who” in 1981

99

Cost, in cents, for undergrads to purchase a lift ticket at the Skiway on the Saturday of Carnival Weekend

540

Record number of participants in the polar bear plunge, set in 2012