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Moose sightings

Location: Anchorage, 02/07/2012 My husband was on his way home & had taken a short cut through a neighborhood only to find this moose using a car to get to the higher branches of the tree!

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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.

RSVP: February 2012

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in February, 2012.

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.

Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in January, 2012.

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.

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Winnie the mushing show dog

photo courtesy Frank and Diane Wright and Glenavon and Paula MarcyWinnie the Siberian husky is both a sled dog and the country's top-ranked Siberian husky heading into the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in New York City.

Winnie aka GCH Huskavarna's Destined to Win, a Siberian husky that is both a sled dog and a top-ranked Siberian husky, earns an Award of Merit at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 in New York City.

Snow Dump

Heavy equipment operator Juan Perez stacks snow with a D7 Caterpillar at the American Landscaping snow sump at 92nd Avenue and C Street on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.  Private snow dumps are reaching their capacity with more than 103 of snowfall so far this winter in Anchorage.

Heavy equipment operator Juan Perez stacks snow with a D7 Caterpillar at the American Landscaping snow dump at 92nd Avenue and C Street on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Private snow dumps are reaching their capacity with more than 103" of snowfall so far this winter in Anchorage.

Iditarod musher, dog reunited

German rookie Iditarod musher Silvia Furtwangler is reunited with her lead dog Whistler, missing since Wednesday, at the ARC of Anchorage Monday morning Feb. 13, 2012 in east Anchorage.

German rookie Iditarod musher Silvia Furtwangler is reunited with her lead dog Whistler Monday morning Feb. 13, 2012 in east Anchorage.

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Feb. 2012

Katie Hickey, left, and Heather Wilson, right, help Karen Konopacki adjust her giraffe costume at Wilson's home on Wednesday evening, February 1, 2012. A team of six women will wear the costumes when they participate in Sunday's Ski for Women.

Check out the best February 2012 photos in the Anchorage Daily News.

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Empire wedding

Lela Mc Arthur, left, and Stephanie Figarelle, of Anchorage, Ak., pose for photos on the observation deck after their Valentine's Day wedding ceremony at the Empire State Building, in New York,  Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.  The two women, who met at the University of Alaska, have become the first same-sex couple to be married at the Empire State Building.

Lela Mc Arthur and Stephanie Figarelle, of Anchorage, AK., who met at the University of Alaska, have become the first same-sex couple to be married at the Empire State Building.

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Yukon Quest

Sam Harrel/News-MinerVeteran musher Allen Moore leaves the starting line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Fairbanks, Alaska. Moore was the first of 23 mushers to start the 1,000 mile race between Fairbanks, and Whitehorse, Yukon.

The Yukon Quest is running from Fairbanks to Whitehorse this year, beginning on February 4, 2012.

UAA Gymnastics

The UAA Seawolves lost a home gymnastics 190.875 to 189.300 to the visiting Air Force Falcons at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

The UAA Seawolves lost a home gymnastics meet 190.875 to 189.300 against the visiting Air Force Falcons at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.

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Sled dog race

Marie-Anick Elie, from Inuvik NWT, Canada, heads out on the trail during the Alaska Sled Dog and Racing Association ExxonMobil Open sled dog race at Tozier Track on Saturday, February 11, 2012. 21 teams competed in the race.

21 teams competed in the Alaska Sled Dog and Racing Association ExxonMobil Open sled dog race at Tozier Track on Saturday, February 11, 2012.