Photo archive for February 24, 2008
This Feb. 24, 2008 photo provided by IonEarth (Satellite Race Telemetry) Co. shows the IonEarth SRT Tracking unit mounted on a dog sled in Willow, Alaska. IonEarth, a race tracking company based in Traverse City, Mich., is teaming up with the Iditarod Trail Committee and Iridium Satellite LLC for the test run they hope will become an annual feature involving all of mushers running the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Joseph White
Claire Mercer
Daniel Crevensten
Gator Meyer
Jennifer Probert leads Gary Frank toward the finish line after passing him during the 6.7-mile run in the 6-dog class of the 2008 North Pole Championship Sled Dog Races on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, at the Chena Lakes Recreation Area.
Jack and Darlene Tragis share a kiss on their 45th wedding anniversary after their induction into the Fairbanks Hockey Hall of Fame Saturday evening, Feb. 23, 2008, at the Big Dipper. Along with decade of involvement with the Fairbanks hockey community, the Tragises are responsible for creating the Arctic Lions youth hockey program.
North Pole's Nathalie Dart, right, hangs on to the ball as Houston's Emily Hundley tries to knock it away during the first period of their game at North Pole High School on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008.
Alaska’s Nashorn Maynard, left, denies Montana State Billings player John Brooks a last-second basket at the end of the first half of their Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, game at the Patty Center.
Golden Harness recipients Handsome, left, and Rev, leaders of Lance Mackey's first-place team enjoy steak Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race finishers banquet in Whitehorse, Yukon. Race Marshal Doug Grilliot, right, and head veterinarian Vern Starks present the Fairbanks musher and his dogs with the award. Mackey won his fourth straight Quest. He is the first musher to do so.
Nenana musher Bill Cotter makes his way up the Yukon River on Saturday morning, Feb. 23, 2008, as he approaches the finish line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in Whitehorse, Yukon. Cotter ran in the first four Quests, winning the 1987 race. The 61-year-old returned this year for the 25th anniversary race and finished 14th.
Nenana musher Bill Cotter makes his way up the Yukon River on Saturday morning, Feb. 23, 2008, as he approaches the finish line of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in Whitehorse, Yukon. Cotter ran in the first four Quests, winning the 1987 race. The 61-year-old returned this year for the 25th anniversary race and finished in fourteenth place.
Dawson City, Yukon, musher Anne Ledwidge is a bit frosted after her early morning run to the Yukon Quest finish line Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, in Whitehorse, Yukon. Ledwidge completed her rookie run finishing in 13th place. She completed the 1,000 mile race in 13 days, 20 hours and 12 minutes.
Handler Yuka Honda hugs Nenana musher Bill Cotter after he arrived at the Yukon Quest finish line Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, in Whitehorse, Yukon. Cotter ran in the first four Quests, winning the 1987 race. The 61-year-old returned this year for the 25th anniversary race and finished in 14th place.
At 61 years old, Bill Cotter was the oldest competitor in the 1,000 mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. The Nenana resident reached the finish line in 14th place Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008, in Whitehorse, Yukon. Cotter completed the race in 13 days, 20 hours and 40 minutes.
Ravens play in the wind off Airport Way on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. This is the time of year when ravens start their mating rituals to find a partner.
The claws of a raven are strong though not as much as the talons of birds of prey.
A stuffed raven at the Alaska Bird Observatory.
A raven perched high in the trees on Jan. 9, 2008.
Ravens interact at the Farmer's Loop transfer site on Feb. 6, 2008.
There are about 1,500 common ravens in the Interior, according to the Alaska Bird Observatory. This one flies overhead on Feb. 6, 2008 in Fairbanks.
A raven picks up a snack at the Farmer's Loop transfer site on Feb. 6, 2008.
This photo of a Compton Tortoiseshell butterfly was taken in the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest.
Jake Hamberg, University of Alaska Fairbanks student body president, addresses Alaska legislators in a push for continued financial support of the University of Alaska college system during public comment on the 2009 fiscal budget Saturday afternoon, Feb. 23, 2008, at the Legislative Information Office. Listening on the video teleconference are Reps. Mike Kelly, left, and Scott Kawasaki. Along with additional requests for university funding, support for the Head Start program and mental health services were among the hot topics.
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, 4-year-old Dominic found a seemingly dead butterfly. When he picked it up, it moved. He brought it inside and gave it water and it came, rather astonishingly, to life. It sat on his shoulder in the sun for some time before flying away.
One of the six posters produced by a New York company for the National Academy of Sciences in 1958 to mark the last International Polar Year, also known as the International Geophysical Year.
Planning the logistics of supplying trapline cabins has become a February ritual.
A look at the Tanana Mines Railroad at Chena, probably about 1906. The TMRR was built to connect the deeper river port at Chena with Fairbanks and other minig communities. Built in 1905, the rails and rights of way were purchased by the federal government during the planning for the railroad that eventually became the Alaska Railroad. -- Caroline Atuk-Derrick, University of Alaska Fairbanks archives assistant