Photo archive for February 13, 2008
William PInkham of Glennwood Springs, Colo. crosses the Yukon River as he approaches Eagle on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Pinkham ran the Quest in 2001 and 2002 and is returning after running the Iditarod Trail Race for the past five years. He had signed up for the 2008 Iditarod but has already withdrawn.
Bill Cotter of Nenana makes his way through the jumble ice on the Yukon River on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, as he approaches Eagle during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The jumble ice has had its toll on dogs, drivers and sleds.
Eagle check point manager Scarlett Hall sorts through gear abandoned by mushers Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. With no road access in the winter, handlers are unable to collect the gear left behind by their mushers. Teams can mail items to themselves but many things are left behind. The abandoned dog food, musher food and supplies are distributed to the local mushing community.
Realizing it is always on the bottom of the bag Colorado musher Bill Pinkham looks through his drop bags at the Eagle check point Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mushers pack food for themselves and their dogs along with any anticipated gear weeks before the race. They are distributed to the check points for each of the teams
The lead dogs and swing dogs of Fairbanks musher Phil Joy rest in the Eagle check point Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Veterinarian Kim Murphy, left, of Guelph, Ontario, examines Bruiser of Phil Joy's team at the Eagle check point Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The jumble ice on the Yukon river has taken its toll on Fairbanks musher's team. Sore joints and minor injuries has led him to drop two dogs at Slaven's and one when he arrived at the Eagle check point.
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge manager Gary Wheeler releases one of five bald eagles near the Buskin River in Kodiak on Monday. The release was the first of several scheduled this week for the 50 eagles that dived into the back of an Ocean Beauty Seafoods truck full of fish guts on Jan. 11 and soaked themselves in fish waste. The eagles were rescued and sent to the Bird Treatment and Education Center in Anchorage for nearly a month's worth of care and rehabilitation. During their month-long stay, the birds had multiple cleanings to get the fish slime out of their feathers and give them time to build up natural protective oils to keep warm. Nineteen more eagles were scheduled to arrive in Kodiak on Tuesday for release. Eighteen eagles died in the back of the truck after being crushed by other eagles or from hypothermia.
Dorothy Vesper
Mabel Cary
Charles Glover
Doris Long
Todd Minnick, left, and Nick Olstad, the first team in the Tesoro Iron Dog snowmachine competition to arrive in Nome, cross the halfway point in the race on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. The race, which covers 2,000 miles of Alaska wilderness, started Sunday in Big Lake and will end in Fairbanks.
Lathrop's Catherine Burch drives toward the basket during first-half action against West Valley in a high school girls varsity matchup at Lathrop High School on Tuesday evening, Feb. 12, 2008.
With the temperature reading above zero, Lance Mackey opens his sled bag Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, after being the first musher to arrive at the Eagle Checkpoint. Mackey checked in just a little before midnight and went right to work bedding down his dogs.
Fairbanks musher Phil Joy straightens out his gear as he rests his team at Slaven's Roadhouse on the banks of the Yukon River on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Volunteer Quest pilot Zack Knaebel unloads dropped dogs from his plane Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in Eagle during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The dogs were dropped from teams resting at the historic Slaven's Roadhouse on the banks of the Yukon River.
Race teams rest in straw outside the historic Slavin's Roadhouse on the banks of the Yukon River on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Winding through jumble ice on the Yukon River, Healy musher Dave Dalton heads toward Eagle on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Rough sections of trail on the Yukon took a toll on dogs and mushers.
Kicking to help his team, Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey makes his way up the Yukon River on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mackey has the lead in the 1,000-mile race as teams approach Eagle.
National Park Service Ranger Colette Daigle-Berg and her husband, Bill Berg, put a dropped dog in a bag to keep it safe during a plane ride Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, outside the historic Slaven's Roadhouse during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The couple were the first rangers in the Yukon Charley Rivers National Preserve. They spent the summers of 1982 and 1983 at Slaven's. They have returned for the first time since to be volunteers for the Quest.
Rose, a member of Phil Joy's team, watches Joy from under a blanket as he straightens his gear while resting at the historic Slaven's Roadhouse on the banks of the Yukon River on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Hundreds gather to honor Daniel E. Winfree during his installation as justice of the Alaska State Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2008 in the Rabinowitz Courthouse lobby.
Daniel E. Winfree recites the oath of office during his installation as justice of the Alaska State Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2008 in the Rabinowitz Courthouse lobby.
Daniel E. Winfree, center, accepts a standing ovation from a crowd of hundreds after donning his robe with the help of his children James, left, and Christina, right, during his installation as Justice of the Alaska State Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2008 in the Rabinowitz Courthouse lobby.
Jim Allen makes his way up a trail after crossing Ballaine Lake on a snowy Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 12, 2008. "It's so nice," Allen said of it being warm enough to skate ski for the first time in three weeks, adding that the trail is still slow because of the recent cold weather.
Brown bottom cheesecake slice.
Brown bottom cheesecake