Photo archive for April 15, 2008
University of Alaska Fairbanks skier Marius Korthauer negotiates a downhill corner in the Senior National Distance Championships 50-kilometer men’s ski race Friday, March 28, 2008, at Birch Hill. Marius, and his sister Aurelia, were named as the Nanooks Most Valuable Skiers this week.
In this photo provided by Alaska State Troopers, damage is shown to an elementary school in Willow on April 12, 2008. Alaska State Troopers say two teenagers were bored so they smashed computer monitors, tipped over bookcases, broke dishes, poured paint on the carpets and smeared ketchup and mustard on the walls. Damage and cleanup costs are estimated at about $200,000.
The first Canada geese of the season wander about Creamer’s Field Monday morning, April 14, 2008.
Heaven Udarbe, 5, left, waves to her father from the safety of a large snowman as the Udarbe family engaged in a playful snowball fight Monday afternoon, April 14, 2008, in Beluga Field on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Udarbe’s mother Jessie, right, sister Kayleigh, 2, center, father Frank, brother Frankie, 4, and sister Adrianna, 3, all not pictured, enjoyed clear skies and about six inches of new snow to help add to the snowman that was already built when they arrived. “I thought it was gonna be over,” Jessie Udarbe said in reference to winter.
Alaska Nanooks former head coach Lynne Andrew shows her disappointment with a call during a January game against Seattle University at the Patty Center.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists Karl Froyd, left, and Troy Thornberry move a mass spectrometer from NOAA’s P3 jet to perform routine maintenance Monday, April 14, 2008, in an Everts Air hangar. Scientists with NOAA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Energy are in town to study pollution concentrations in Northern regions which are contributing to global climate change.
Scientific jets used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy sit in an Everts Air hangar Monday, April 14, 2008. Scientists from NOAA, NASA and the DOE are in town to study pollution concentrations in Northern regions, which are contributing to global climate change.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist Jim Podolske pours liquid nitrogen into a laser absorption spectrometer used to measure carbon dioxide level in Earth’s atmosphere Monday, April 14, 2008. Liquid Nitrogen is added every twelve hours to chill the spectrometer’s laser to keep it properly operating at a specific wavelength. Scientists with NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy are in town to study pollution concentrations in Northern regions which are contributing to global climate change.
A handheld radio frequency identification (RFID) scanner, left, and a packing label with an identification chip is displayed at the Armstrong Produce distribution warehouse in Honolulu, March 28, 2008. The company is one of the first in the nation to use the RFID system to track and trace produce from the farm to the market in an effort to improve food safety.
Employees of Armstrong Produce pack green onions at the company distribution warehouse in Honolulu, March 28, 2008. The company is one of the first in the nation to use radio frequency identification (RFID) to track and trace produce from the farm to the market in an effort to improve food safety.
Employees of Armstrong Produce pack cabbage at the company distribution warehouse in Honolulu, March 28, 2008. The company is one of the first in the nation to use radio frequency identification (RFID) to track and trace produce from the farm to the market in an effort to improve food safety.