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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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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.

Ravens

A raven soars over west Anchorage on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.

Anchorage ravens in winter.

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Polar Bear Jump-off

With the air temperature in the single digits and the water temperature at 39 degrees a member of Alaska Girls team jumps into the boat harbor during the Polar Bear Jumpoff in Seward, Alaska on Saturday, January 21, 2011.

The 21st Polar Bear Jump-off happened in chilly Seward Saturday, January 21, 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.

Frosty Bottom race

Bikers, skiers and runners started the Frosty Bottom 25/50 race near the chalet at Kincaid Park on Saturday morning, January 7, 2012.

Bikers, skiers and runners started the Frosty Bottom 25/50 race near the chalet at Kincaid Park on Saturday morning, January 7, 2012. The race follows the trail system to Hillside Ski Area, where 25-mile participants finish and 50-mile racers turn around.

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.

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.