Polar Sea Ice Diving

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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

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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.

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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.

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Urban moose

Wandering moose are a staple around town. Check out our growing gallery and post your sightings to our reader-submitted gallery.

Ravens

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

Anchorage ravens in winter.

Urban Moose

About 700 to 1,000 moose call the Anchorage Bowl home in the winter months, with 200 to 300 staying year round.

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Killer whales in Nushagak River

Three killer whales have been seen in the Nushagak River in southwestern Alaska for the last three weeks.

Swans

Swans in flight after taking off from Potter Marsh on Sunday evening, Oct. 3, 2011. Over 35 swans, mostly trumpeter swans with some tundra swans, were seen gathered at the popular viewing area along the Seward Highway near Anchorage as they prepare to migrate south for the winter months.

Over 35 swans, mostly trumpeter swans with some tundra swans, were seen gathered at Potter Marsh on Monday evening, Oct. 3, 2011, as they prepare to migrate south for the winter months.

Cheney Lake

A duck prepares to land on Cheney Lake in East Anchorage on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011.

Flocks of waterfowl are making stops at Cheney Lake in East Anchorage as they migrate south for the winter.

Spider Surge

Spiders gathered in unusual clusters at a field east of the Huffman post office recently, and apparently spread silky thread over fireweed and other plants. Fairbanks spider expert Brandi Fleshman, a Master's degree student, says it might have been a mass attempt to disperse themselves to a new location, a process called ballooning. Maybe conditions there were not good at that spot for wintering over, she says. She does not know of any Alaska spiders that are known to interact with each other under normal conditions.

Spiders gathered in unusual clusters at a field east of the Huffman post office in early September 2011, spreading silky thread over fireweed and other plants.

Porcupine Visitor

A porcupine pauses while retreating from a fence along Seppala Drive Thursday morning September 15, 2011 in Turnagain.

A porcupine pokes around Seppala Drive Thursday morning September 15, 2011 in Turnagain.