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Skiing photos

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NANANordic; Skiing in NW Alaska

Skate skiing on the old airstrip in Noorvik.  Blue sky and hard snow made for great skate skiing.

NANANordic sent ski coaches to villages in the NANA Corporation area of north western Alaska to teach more ski skills to school kids.

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Tour

From left, Erik Mundahl, Rob Whitney, Trond Flagstad, Erik Flora and Cody Priest ski the 50-kilometer freestyle event. Racers head down the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage, Alaska, during the Tour of Anchorage on Sunday, March 4, 2012. The Tour of Anchorage consists of 25, 40 and 50-kilometer cross country ski races in classical and skate styles.

Skiers in the 2012 Tour of Anchorage were treated to blue skies and sunshine.

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Ski

Service's Forest Tarbath prepares for another climb out of the Kincaid stadium Saturday.

The state championship ski relay races were at Kincaid Park, Saturday February 25, 2012.

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The American Birkebeiner

Competitiors take off at the start of the American Birkebeiner cross country ski race in Cable, Wis., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. The race is 51 km long, and ends in Hayward, Wis.

Holly Brooks of Anchorage, won the women's American Birkebeiner cross country ski race in Cable, Wis., on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. The race is 51 km long, and ends in Hayward, Wis.

Cook Inlet skiing

Service's Taylor Turney skis around the south end of the Kincaid stadium. High school cross country skiers competed in 4.3-kilometer classic relay races at the Cook Inlet Conference Championships on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Kincaid Park.

High school cross country skiers competed in 4.3-kilometer classic relay races at the Cook Inlet Conference Championships on Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Kincaid Park.

UAA Invitational 15-kilometer classic

Eliska Hajkova of Colorado leads the field around a turn en route to winning the women's 15-kilometer classical race at the Seawolf Invitational Friday morning Feb. 10, 2012 at Kincaid Park.

Eliska Hajkova of Colorado outlasts Jaime Bronga of host University of Alaska Anchorage by four tenths of a second in the women's 15-kilometer classical race at the Seawolf Invitational Friday morning Feb. 10, 2012 at Kincaid Park.

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Slush Cup

Spring enthusiasts enjoy Alyeska Resort Spring Carnival Slush Cup on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

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Tour

Kent Lowell skis the 25-kilometer classical event. Racers head down the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage, Alaska, during the Tour of Anchorage on Sunday, March 4, 2012. The Tour of Anchorage consists of 25, 40 and 50-kilometer cross country ski races in classical and skate styles.

Skiers in the 2012 Tour of Anchorage were treated to blue skies and sunshine.

Anchorage Ski Club

The fireworks display during the Anchorage Ski Club's 75th anniversary party at Arctic Valley on Saturday, February 18, 2012.

The Anchorage Ski Club's 75th anniversary party at Arctic Valley.

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Susitna races

The Susitna 100 begins at the Point Mackenzie General Store Saturday, February 18, 2012.

The Susitna 100 and the Little Su 50K races began Saturday morning, February 18, 2012.

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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.

Alaska cabins

Location: Lynn Canal, Haines, 8/07/08 Over looking the fishing grounds on Lynn Canal.Haines,AK

Share photos of what you love most about your cabin; bonus for any outhouses that make it into your submissions.

Reader-submitted: 2012 Bicycling

Location: Anchorage, 04/18/2011 Three-wheeling Bud!

Share photos of your races, rides, tricks or even your favorite bike.

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Alaska birds

Location: Parks Hwy  Northern Hawk Owl

Alaska is home to hundreds of different migrating bird species and readers have posted hundreds of their bird-watching finds. Share your photos.

RSVP: May 2012

Location: Bagram, Afghanistan, 05/01/2012 CW2 Clinton K. Brown III of the Alaska Army National Guard with President Obama 1 May 2012 in Bagram, Afghanistan

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

Alaska-based soldiers headed for Afghanistan

Brigade Deployment Ceremony

Brigade commander Col. Morris Goins addresses his troops and guests at a U.S. Army Alaska deployment ceremony for the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division Tuesday morning November 29, 2011 at Sullivan Arena. The 3,500-soldier brigade will be departing for Afghanistan on a series of flights in November and December.

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Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing

The Food Bank of Alaska Thanksgiving Blessing project is a community-wide effort to provide turkeys and all the fixings to everyone in need on one day, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, from seven locations and is expected to provide enough food to feed around 7,000 families.

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Southcentral Power Project

Project manager Dustin Highers discusses the Southcentral Power Project located at the Chugach Electric Association headquarters off International Airport Road in Anchorage.

Touring the Goose Creek Correctional Center

Goose Creek Correctional Center

Corrections commissioner Joe Schmidt describes the new Goose Creek Correctional Center slated to begin accepting prisoners in March of 2012 at Point MacKenzie.

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Operation Bulldog Bite

Photo courtesy MSgt. Roger Sparks

Master Sgt. Roger Sparks talks about the experience of Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan.



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