2010 Alaska State Fair's final weekend

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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

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2012 Solo and Ensemble Festival

Eighth grader Seth O'Neal, left, and seventh grader Lyle Chamberlain of Goldenview Middle School perform on trumpet at the Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festival Friday Feb. 10, 2012 at Central Lutheran Church.

About 560 middle school musicians and singers participate in the day-long Middle School Solo and Ensemble Festival Friday Feb. 10, 2012 at Central Lutheran Church.

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Around AK

In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 photo, a family skates across Mendenhall Lake in Juneau, Alaska. Temperatures are forecast in the single digits all week.

Scenes from around the state of Alaska

Supreme Court LIVE 2012

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.

Object Runway

The International Gallery of Contemporary Art present its third annual Object Runway art and fashion event at the Bear Tooth Theater on Thursday, January 26, 2012. About 65 pieces were presented to the audience at the sold-out show.

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Whales premiere

Actress Drew Barrymore attends a special screening of Big Miracle, a movie inspired by a true story to save a family of whales, at the AMC Loews Georgetown in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

There was a special screening of "Big Miracle," a movie inspired by a true story to save a family of whales, at the AMC Loews Georgetown in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

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Big Miracle

"Big Miracle," a film about the rescue of a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

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Java Junction

Ashley Holder serves up coffee at the Java Junction espresso stand on Old Seward Highway, Thursday, January 19, 2012. The stand is known for its baristas who dress in bikinis.

Java Junction on Old Seward Highway is known for its bikini-clad baristas.

Ravens

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

Anchorage ravens in winter.