Photo archive for February 11, 2008
Jim Hayes exits the Federal Building Monday evening, February 11, 2008, after a jury found the former two-term Fairbanks city mayor guilty on 16 counts.
The Tesoro Iron Dog rookie team consisting of Fred Otton and Peter Reich Sr. screams across Big Lake during the start Sunday morning. The snowmachine race covers 2,000 miles of Alaska wilderness. From Big Lake, the trail leads to Nome before finishing in Fairbanks on Saturday.
Yukon Quest handlers take bags of equipment left by their musher to their truck Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, outside the Steese Roadhouse in Central.
Whitehorse musher Frank Turner, right, talks with Race Marshal Doug Grilliot at the Central checkpoint after scratching from the Yukon Quest on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008. Turner, who has entered 24 of the 25 races, decided at the Mile 101 Dog Drop to end his race.
Fairbanks musher Phil Joy recounts his crossing of Eagle Summit after arriving in Central on Sunday evening, Feb. 10, 2008, during the Yukon Quest. Joy was one of six mushers air-lifted off of the summit during the race in 2006 because of blizzard.
Slipping and sliding on glare ice Didier Moggia of Whitehorse makes his way down the Quest Trail on Sunday, Feb. 10. 2008, after leaving Mile 101 Dog Drop. Teams struggled with the ice through the mining district before making it to Eagle Summit.
Dawson City musher Cor Guimond hangs on to his sled after falling on glare ice outside of Mile 101 Dog Drop on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008, during the Yukon Quest. Guimond righted his sled and negotiated the ice to continue on his way to Eagle Summit.
Wes Graf and his dogs race across the Jeff Studdert Race Grounds finish line during the Alaska Dog Mushers' Association Gold Run skijoring and dog mushing races Sunday, February 10, 2008. Graf placed second behind winner Andy Seitz and in front of third-place finisher Cindy Salmon.
Ice Dogs forward Eric Kraft makes a diving effort to get a shot off on the Topeka Roadrunners net in overtime while facing pressure from Topeka’s Caleb Wolfgram Sunday evening, February 10, 2008. The Roadrunners posted a 2-1 victory over the Ice Dogs in a shootout.