Photo archive for February 15, 2008
North Pole's Christi Schmitz glides along the trail on her way to winning the 7.5-mile girls race during the High School Cross Country Ski Region VI Individual Classic Championships on Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2008 at the Birch Hill Recreation Area.
West Valley's Taylor Bearden lunges over the finish line as he edges Lathrop's Patrick Nugent, back left, for the win in the boys 10-kilometer race during the High School Cross Country Ski Region VI Individual Classic Championships on Friday afternoon, February 15, 2008 at the Birch Hill Recreation Area.
Students and staff members of Woodriver Elementary School show their hockey spirit by wearing hockey jerseys Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2008, to celebrate the beginning of Fairbanks Hockey Association’s Hockey Week.
Notre Dame’s Mark Van Guilder, left, and Alaska’s Derek Klassen clash for the puck Friday evening, Feb. 15, 2008, in Central Collegiate Hockey Association action at the Carlson Center. The Fighting Irish topped the Nanooks 2-1.
Shalom Schrader develops a black and white photograph of an apple for her advanced photography class at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Friday afternoon, February 15, 2008. “It’s like you’re seeing things for the first time, every time,” the sophomore English major said when asked what she likes most about photography. Schrader said she was very excited to attend an upcoming lecture by National Geographic magazine photographer Joel Sartore. The lecture will be Monday evening at 7:30 in the Schaible Auditorium and is free and open to the public.
A downtown flag flaps in the breeze on a gusty Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2008. The National Weather Service calls for increased cloud cover today with highs from 5 to 20 degrees and eastern winds up to 10 mph.
Lance Mackey laughs as he visits with passers-by Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, as he gets ready to leave after his 36-hour mandatory rest at the halfway point of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Lance Mackey's wife, Tonga, watches as he packs his sled Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, during his mandatory 36-hour layover in the Dawson City, Yukon, campground. During last year's Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, Mackey was 10 minutes late leaving after his rest at the halfway point. Mackey says he cannot make the same mistake this year with Ken Anderson scheduled to leave 10 minutes after him.
Phil Joy of Fairbanks makes his way down Front Street in Dawson City, Yukon, on Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, as he arrives at the halfway point of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Lance Mackey greets Phil Joy at the Dawson City, Yukon, checkpoint Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mackey was the first musher to reach the halfway point in Dawson of the 1,000-mile race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon.
Smiling through a frosty face, Fairbanks musher Phil Joy checks in at the Dawson City, Yukon, checkpoint Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, the halfway point of the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Dan Kaduce and his wife, Jodie Bailey, of Chatanika, ride the runners together past an ice Inukshuk on the Yukon River to the Dawson City, Yukon, campground after checking in at the halfway point Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Handlers can help with the teams while mushers take a mandatory 36-hour layover.
Michelle Phillips' handler Scott Read, left, pulls the runner plastic off her sled as she sorts her gear in the Dawson City, Yukon, campground Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. During their mandatory 36-hour layover at the halfway point, mushers can receive help from their handlers.
Ed Hopkins nuzzles English under their tent in the Dawson City campground Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mushers take a mandatory 36-hour layover in Dawson, the halfway point of the 1,000-mile race from Fairbanks to Whitehorse. While resting in Dawson, handlers may help mushers with their teams.
Participants make their way through the selection of liquid products during a local Future Farmers of America dairy-identifying contest Tuesday afternoon at Ryan Middle School. Using appearance, texture, taste and smell, participants did their best to identify dozens of dairy products including a variety of cheeses, butters, milks, creamers, and vinegars.
Laura Wallis-John realizes she doesn't care for the taste of Feta cheese dring a local Future Farmers of America dairy-identifying contest Tuesday afternoon at Ryan Middle School.
Spc. Dan Kempf was presented with the Purple Heart Thursday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2008, in Fort Wainwright’s Last Frontier building.
Maj. Gen. Stephen Layfield, left, congradulates Spc. Dan Kempf after Kempf was presented with the Purple Heart by Col. Mary Ann McAfee on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2008, in Fort Wainwright’s Last Frontier building.
North Pole’s Sydney McIntosh, center, blocks a shot from Lathrop’s Kaitlyn Hull on Thursday evening, Feb. 14, 2008, at North Pole. Providing support at left is North Pole’s Cheyenne Smothers.
Fans snap photos of Lance Mackey in Dawson City, Yukon, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Mackey arrived at 1:01 p.m. Some fans waited at the checkpoint for him to arrive as early as 5 a.m.
Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey drives his team off of the Yukon River in Dawson City, Yukon, on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Mackey was the first musher to cross into the Dawson City halfway point. He arrived at 1:01 p.m.
After crossing into Dawson City, Yukon, Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey shows required gear to checkpoint officials on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Mackey was the first Yukon Quest musher to cross into Dawson.
Fairbanks musher Lance Mackey talks with media at the Dawson City, Yukon, checkpoint of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Mackey was able to win the 4 ounces of gold awarded to the first musher to arrive in Dawson. Mackey is wearing an earring made with a gold nugget won from a previous Quest Dawson City arrival.
Ken Anderson drives his team up the Yukon River and into the Dawson City Checkpoint of the Yukon Quest on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Anderson was the second musher to enter Dawson. Anderson arrived 33 minutes later than Lance Mackey.
Fairbanks musher Ken Anderson checks into the Dawson City checkpoint of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Checking him in is Laura Derungs of Dawson City.
Ken Anderson, of Fairbanks was the second musher to arrive at the Dawson City, Yukon, checkpoint Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. He arrived 33 minutes behind fellow Fairbanksan Lance Mackey.
Gwen Holdmann hugs husband and Yukon Quest musher Ken Anderson on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, at the Dawson City, Yukon, checkpoint of the race. Holdmann, a previous Quest musher, flew into Dawson to see Anderson arrive at the Quest halfway point.
Julie Estey nuzzles Babu as she covers him with straw in the Eagle checkpoint Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. The Fairbanks rookie scratched from the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race at Slaven's Roadhouse after injuring her knee traveling through the jumble ice on the Yukon River.
Whitehorse, Yukon, musher Kyla Boivin arrives at the Eagle check point Thursday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Boivin is running in the red lantern position.
Anne Ledwidge of Dawson City, Yukon, massages the wrist of her dog Monster in the Eagle checkpoint Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. Ledwidge, a rookie, left Eagle only to return saying it was too warm to leave during the day.
Dawson City, Yukon, musher Anne Ledwidge walks her dog Orbit around the Eagle check point Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The rookie left Eagle only to return saying it was too warm to leave during the day. Ledwidge was walking her dogs to limber them up after resting through the heat of the day.
The fire outside the old school house in Eagle attracts local race fans as checkers wait for mushers Wednesday night, Feb. 13, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.