Photos: Below zero in Anchorage

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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

Location: Point Woronzof Park Anchorage, AK, 01/24/12

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.

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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.

Frosty Alaskans

Alaska is in deep freeze and it's not only the trees that are covered in frost. Send us the photos of you braving the cold.

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UAA alpine racing

sarah Powell makes a turn. UAA hosted giant slalom racing at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood as part of the UAA Invitational ski meet on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

UAA hosted giant slalom racing at Alyeska Resort in Girdwood as part of the UAA Invitational ski meet on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

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Frosty and cold

A raven sits in a frost-coated tree in east Anchorage as the temperatures' were below zero on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

The clear, cold weather makes for a beautiful landscape.

Sprint Sled Dog Race

Ricky Taylor's team is ready to run on day two of the Orville and Doris Lake Memorial Sprint Dog Race on Sunday, January 1, 2012 at Tozier Track. The Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association will hold a race next Sunday, January 8 and will have races through out the season concluding with the Fur Rondy World Championships races at the end of February.

The Orville and Doris Lake Memorial Sprint Dog Race at Tozier Track.

US World Youth/Junior Biathlon Championships Practice

Jenna Ruzcih of Minnesota unpacks her skis in preparation for the 2011 US World Youth/Junior Biathlon Championships Tuesday December 27, 2011 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska. Races will be held Wednesday through Friday.

Biathletes practice for the 2011 US World Youth/Junior Biathlon Championships Tuesday December 27, 2011 at Kincaid Park.

Winter Solstice

Dean Cully makes photographs at Potter Marsh on winter solstice Wednesday, December 21, 2011. While Cully was working on solid ice along the Seward Highway and Turnagain Arm he specializes in aerial photography. Some of his aerial photographs can be seen at deancully.com.

Winter solstice Wednesday, December 21, 2011.

Ski Relay

The UAA/AMH Friends and Family Homecoming relay cross country ski race on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Kincaid Park.

The UAA/AMH Friends and Family Homecoming ski relay.

Winter's Ice

Ice formations on mud puddles in east Anchorage on Friday, October 28, 2011.

Ice formations in Southcentral, AK.

Alyeska Resort Opening Day

Skiers and boarders hit the slopes of Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska on opening day, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.

Skiers and boarders hit the slopes of Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, Alaska, on opening day Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011.