Photo archive for February 1, 2008
Scout Troop 42 showed a History Channel film crew how tough Alaska's Boy Scouts can be during a camping trip in 45 below weather. Pictured, from left to right, are Life Boy Scout Erik Skilbred, Star Boy Scout Daniel Coghill, adult leader Cary Freeman, Star Boy Scout Tom White, Second Class Boy Scout Chad Freeman and Scoutmaster John Doty.
Feng Yan Long helps guide an ice block into place atop of what will soon be a 25-foot-tall polar bear-shaped ice slide in the kids park of the World Ice Art Championships on Friday, Feb 1, 2008. The ice park will be open to the public Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, at 10 a.m. Ice Alaska sculptors not pictured include An Zhe, An Qi Feng, Luan Xiu Ping and Wei Tian Zuo.
Donna Keophuiwa, rear middle, and her third-grade class let out a cheer prior to beginning their celebration in honor of Chinese New Year.
Third-graders in Donna Keopuhiwa's Arctic Light Elementary class take to the halls of the school in a dragon costume while participating in festivities in honor of the Chinese New Year
Victoria Zapata peers out from underneath her dragon costume as she and other third-graders prepare to put on a celebration in honor of Chinese New Year for the other students at Arctic Light Elementary.
Josh Romney, son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, campaigns for his father in Fairbanks on Friday, Feb.1, 2008, as he speaks at the weekly Republican Party luncheon at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel and Convention Center.
Josh Romney, son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, campaigns for his father in Fairbanks on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, as he shakes hands with future voter Liam Nyfeler, 4, while meeting people at the Wood Center on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.
Josh Romney, son of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, campaigns for his father in Fairbanks on Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, as he gladly puts on an Apocalypse Design parka while waving signs at the intersection of Geist Road and University Avenue.
Alaska’s David Cannamore grabs a loose ball after fellow Nanook DeRay Carger, middle rear, dislodged the ball from Northwest Nazarene’s Kendall Gielow, 33, during their Great Northwest Athletic Conference game at the Patty Center Thursday, Jan. 31. Others involved in the scramble for the ball are Northwest Nazarene’s Joel Ryman and Alaska’s Keven Campbell.