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.