Paratroopers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, jump from a C-17 over Malamute Drop Zone on Fort Richardson, Alaska, their first airborne operations after more than a year deployment in Iraq.
Tesoro Iron Dog start on the ice at Big Lake on Sunday, February 10, 2008. The snowmachine race covers 2,000 miles of Alaska wilderness, going to Nome, before finishing in Fairbanks a week later.
Reindeer hoof it through runners on 4th Avenue on Sunday, February 24, 2008, during the inaugural "Running of the Reindeer." The new Anchorage Fur Rondy event attracted thousands of spectators, one thousand runners, and a dozen reindeer.
Paige Greenberg daughter of Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg shows her emotions during a tight game against Butler in the 2007 Great Alaska Shootout basketball Tournament in Anhcorage, Alaska.
Skiers drop into North Face Chute at Alyeska Resort on Sunday, March 30, 2008, during the finals of the World Telemark Free-Skiing Championships during Telepalooza.
Ladders shaped to represent the Twin Towers are flanked by flags honoring firefighters who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 at the annual September 11th Memorial sponsored by the Anchorage Fire Department.
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