Photo archive for February 9, 2008
Paul Geoffrion's lead dog, Rosebud, waits for the start of the Yukon Quest on Saturday in downtown Fairbanks.
Phil Joy of Fairbanks leaves the starting line of the Yukon Quest on Saturday in Fairbanks. Fans braved temperatures of forty degrees below zero to see the teams off on their 1,000-mile race to Whitehorse, Yukon.
Fans brave the cold temperatures on the Chena River during the start of the Yukon Quest on Saturday in Fairbanks. Fairbanks musher Julie Estey waves to spectators as he begins the 1,000-mile race to Whitehorse, Yukon.
Through the ice fog, Didier Moggia of Whitehorse, Yukon, is the first musher to leave the starting line of the Yukon Quest in Fairbanks on Saturday. Race teams and fans braved forty-below temperatures for the start of the 1,000-mile race to Whitehorse.
Cor Guimond of Dawson City, Yukon, pulls out of the North Pole dog drop ahead of Whitehorse, Yukon, musher Paul Geoffrion on Saturday. Geoffrion decided to drop a dog, saying that it was not pulling
Fans brave the cold temperatures on the Chena River during the start of the Yukon Quest on Saturday in Fairbanks. Wasilla musher Kelley Griffin heads through the chute as she begins the 1,000-mile race to Whitehorse, Yukon.
Nenana musher Bill Cotter packs his sled as he prepares for the start of the Yukon Quest on Saturday in Fairbanks. Cotter has not run the race since he won the thousand-mile event in 1987.
Gina watches from Kyla Boivin's dog truck as teams prepare for the start of the Yukon Quest on Saturday in downtown Fairbanks. Boivin, 25, of Whitehorse, is running the 1,000-mile race for the sixth time.
Warthog, top, and Amy, wait for Dave Dalton at the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race North Pole dog drop on Saturday. Dalton of Healy spent a few minutes at the stop snacking his dogs before returning to trail.
Joel's Place director Linda Setterberg, background, and young patrons pose with the youth center's new vehicle Saturday afternoon. A donation from the Rasmuson Foundation made the purchase of the GMC Yukon XL possible. From left, Ben Tumbloo, Atigun Papp, Levi Skulsted, Roy Omiak, Jack Moses, Leonard McMullen and Aaron Ozimkoski pose in front of the vehicle that will help take children to and from Joel's Place, among other duties. "We didn't want it to look like a school bus. We wanted it to look like your mom's car — your mom's really cool car," Setterberg said.
William Perkins
A XanGo trailer is filled with product at the company's distribution warehouse in Spanish Fork, Utah. More than 33 semi-trucks leave the warehouse every day.
Four months shy of the start of Alaska's busy 2008 cruise ship season, cruise lines and coastal communities are awaiting a decision from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could either curtail how much time many cruise ships spend in Alaska ports or require a massive redeployment to Vancouver, British Columbia, of hundreds of vessels now scheduled to leave from Seattle and San Francisco.
Four months shy of the start of Alaska's busy 2008 cruise ship season, cruise lines and coastal communities are awaiting a decision from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could either curtail how much time many cruise ships spend in Alaska ports or require a massive redeployment to Vancouver, British Columbia, of hundreds of vessels now scheduled to leave from Seattle and San Francisco.
Didier Moggia, from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, leaves the start line of the Yukon Quest on Saturday morning. Moggia was the first musher to leave Fairbanks bound for Whitehorse. Hundreds of spectators lined the bridges and banks of the Chena River in downtown Fairbanks on Saturday as 24 mushers and dog teams took their first steps down the 1,000-mile trail of the 25th Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Executive Director for the Alaska Public Offices Commission Brook Miles answers questions about a proposed amendment to House Bill 281, which would change the statute of limitations on filing complaints with APOC, in front of the House Judiciary Committee in Juneau on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008.
Delta Junction players surround captain Zack Erickson, center left, following a goal in their 5-2 win over Tri Valley in a Greatland Conference game during the state high school hockey championships Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Wasilla. From left are Trevor Gilbertson (12), Jake Gebour (17) and Alan Waldo.
Lathrop's Bryan Gunderson, left, fires a shot at Soldotna goalie Stephen Kendricks during Lathrop's 4-1 win in the consolation round of the Alaska State High School Hockey Championships Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, in Wasilla.
Workers unload a wood-fired boiler in Craig. The city and the school district expect to save $85,000 a year by using the waste wood from the local sawmills to heat the pool and school buildings.
UAF's Keven Campbell spins past defense by UAA's Luke Cooper on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2007, in Anchorage.
“Let’s go hit on some chicks, dude,” said Brittany Murray, center, to friend Jessie Larisces, left, as they look over The Man Show exhibition disguised as men Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at the Pionneer Park Civic Center. After roommates Kenny Marquez and Paul Murray jokingly told them that only men were allowed entry, Murray and Larisces donned fake beards, Carhartt clothing and work boots and infiltrated the show. At right is their friend and Fairbanks Grizzlies cheerleader Casey Neth.
Frost accumulates on windows as people wait for rides in the enclosed bus stop on Yukon Drive in front of the Wood Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks on Friday afternoon, Feb. 8, 2008.