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Recreation is key to surviving Alaska's long, dark winters. Truly ambitious outdoor enthusiasts have pounced on a vault of creative opportunities, including making use of the frozen waterfalls for ice climbing along the Seward Highway.
People braved the icy conditions at Russian Jack Springs Park to go sledding on a brisk Sunday afternoon.
A warm front brought rainfall to Alaska stretching from Southcentral on up to the Arctic Coast. Check out how Alaskans handle extreme winter weather.
A rare phenomena, a bore is a long wave that forms from an incoming tide, and then travels long distances up a river or inlet. In Southcentral, the Cook Inlet bore tide along the Turnagain Arm is a sight to behold and on good days, paddle and wind surfers dot the inlet hoping to catch a ride.
Whitewater rafting is a passion hard to quench, but the Six Mile River near Hope on the Kenai Peninsula offers class 4 and 5 whitewater.
After six months of a cold, dark winter, the extended sunlight in Alaska begins its work on the frozen-over region, melting away the ice and giving everything a glossy sheen.
Warm winter weather diminished much of the ice and snow south of Anchorage. But what remained gleamed in the sunshine on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, along Turnagain Arm, in Girdwood and on Portage Lake.
Follow along as Star the reindeer walks through downtown Anchorage and attends a party at the Hilton Hotel.
Location: Turnagain Arm, 1/31/2012 A family of Dall sheep were foraging on the roadside along Turnagain Arm on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Location: In front of Anchorage Pioneer Home, 01/25/12 I took this photo yesterday afternoon when I left from volunteering with a resident at th ...
Location: Wolverine Creek, West Cook Inlet, 08/12/10 Silver fishing with a brown bear near Wolverine Creek.
Location: Flat Top - Anchorage, 09/18/09 First snowfall during hike at Flat - Top Moutain - Awesome!