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2011/12 Alaska winter

From low sunlight, plunging temperatures and massive snow fall, Alaska's winter are an extreme mix of beauty and danger. Post a photo of you how you live through it.

Reader submitted: 2012 Aurora Borealis

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RSVP: January - 2012

Location: Sheraton Anchorage, 01/14/12 The Chenega Commercial Holdings, LLC team poses for a group photo at the 2011 Stars of the Industry event at the Sheraton Anchorage. The Alaska Hotel & Lodging Association hosts this annual event to recognize and celebrate excellence in the hospitality industry.

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Cordova snowstorm

Location: Cordova, AlaskaThis was even before the final part of the storm!

Cordova residents are tunneling out after several snow storms moved through Prince William Sound.

January Valdez snowstorm

Heavy snow pounded Valdez and Cordova on January 6, 2012, after the town received 19.2 inches Thursday from the Prince William Sound blizzard, making for a season total of more than 20 feet. Meanwhile, Nome is having its worst cold spell since 1989.

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Justices Craig Stowers, Dana Fabe, Walter Carpeneti and Daniel Winfree are asked if any of them listen to music prior to hearings during the third annual Supreme Court LIVE educational program Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in the West High School auditorium. Winfree, right, admitted to enjoying jazz and the Beatles on occasion.

Justices from left Craig Stowers, Dana Fabe, Walter Carpeneti and Daniel Winfree listen to arguments during the third annual Supreme Court LIVE educational program Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in the West High School auditorium.

2012 Healthy Futures Challenge

Mao Tosi spins daughter Maori, 7, while explaining how he and his kids play at home during the spring kickoff for the statewide Healthy Futures Challenge Tuesday morning Feb. 7, 2012 at Susitna Elementary School in Anchorage. Maori is a first grader at the school. The state is now partnering with the Healthy Futures organization in promoting the Play Every Day campaign, encouraging youngsters to play and be physically active every day. From February through April kids in participating schools may log their physical activity when they spend at least 30 minutes outside of school being active. If they record three play sessions per week over four weeks, they receive monthly prizes. So far 124 schools statewide and 16,000 students are signed on for the spring Healthy Futures Challenge. The program is sponsored by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame, the Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services and Providence Health and Services Alaska.

The spring kickoff for the statewide Healthy Futures Challenge was held Tuesday morning Feb. 7, 2012 at Susitna Elementary School in Anchorage.

Ice fishing

Christian Welch of Orion Elementary School gets a close look in his hole. About 1,400 Anchorage School District students will take part in an ice fishing event at Jewel Lake hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Jay Baumer, educator and biologist for ADF&G, says students will be fishing for char, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon throughout the week.

About 1,400 Anchorage School District students will take part in an ice fishing event at Jewel Lake hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Jay Baumer, educator and biologist for ADF&G, says students will be fishing for char, rainbow trout and landlocked salmon throughout the week. The event is part of Fish and Game's Salmon in the Classroom program.

Search for Samantha

Dozens of volunteers helped search for kidnapped barista Samantha Koenig, 18, in Anchorage on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Koenig was abducted while working at the Common Grounds coffee stand on Tudor Road on Feb. 1.

Dozens of volunteers helped search for kidnapped barista Samantha Koenig, 18, in Anchorage on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Koenig was abducted while working at the Common Grounds Espresso coffee stand on Tudor Road on Feb. 1.

Alaska Ski for Women

About 1,200 women participated on the 16th annual Alaska Ski for Women at Kincaid Park on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The event helps raise money to fight domestic violence. Skiers competed in freestyle and classic events and their costumes were judged during a party wave that paraded through the stadium.

About 1,200 women participated in the 16th annual Alaska Ski for Women at Kincaid Park on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The event helps raise money to fight domestic violence. Skiers competed in freestyle and classic events and their costumes were judged during a party wave that paraded through the stadium.

Samantha Koenig search

Family friend Xavier Topkok posts fliers along 36th Avenue seeking information in the Wednesday-evening abduction of barista Samantha Koenig from the Common Grounds Espresso stand Friday afternoon Feb. 3, 2012 in Midtown.

Anchorage police say surveillance video shows that a man kidnapped 18-year-old Samantha Koenig at the Midtown coffee stand where she was working Wednesday night.

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Egypt

Egyptian fans set fire at part of a facility at the Cairo International stadium after the suspension of a soccer match following the news of the violence in the Port Said soccer match, in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2 012.

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Big Miracle

Actor Ahmaogak Sweeney, 12, who plays Nathan in the whale rescue adventure movie Big Miracle, arrives to the Alaska premiere at the Regal Tikahtnu Stadium 16 theater in Anchorage on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.

The Alaska premiere of the whale rescue adventure movie Big Miracle at the Regal Tikahtnu Stadium 16 theater in Anchorage on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012.