Today in Anchorage

[thør]

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[thør]

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[Weird Harold]

Looks like fun, eh?

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NOT!

Looks like far more exercise than fun.

 

[Aquagal]

Even with those fat tires they are pushing their bikes. Is that snow just too hard to trudge through, thør?

 

[thør]

Even with those fat tires they are pushing their bikes. Is that snow just too hard to trudge through, thør?

Too soft......Easier to walk.

 

[thør]

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[thør]

Even the Russians are watching the Iditarod!

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[coastal-boy]

There is a Russian running this year. Telpin. His dogs are not genetically Huskies...but a unique genetic variation from Chukotka. Huskies tend to overheat easily...will be interesting to see how these dogs withstand the warmth of this race.

 

[thør]

There is a Russian running this year. Telpin. His dogs are not genetically Huskies...but a unique genetic variation from Chukotka. Huskies tend to overheat easily...will be interesting to see how these dogs withstand the warmth of this race.

I hope DeeDee kicks his ass.

 

[thør]

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[coastal-boy]

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Looks like the Happy River Steps. Here is Aliy in 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn0g-7sAT1o
That has to get the heart racing

 

[Aquagal]

There is a Russian running this year. Telpin. His dogs are not genetically Huskies...but a unique genetic variation from Chukotka. Huskies tend to overheat easily...will be interesting to see how these dogs withstand the warmth of this race.

Sounds better than the poodles racing in '88.

 

[trysail]

...Fairbanks had the coldest year in the 21st century so far, and it was also the second coldest year in more than 40 years accroding to the data presented in this report...

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Article appears at the blog Watts Up With That:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/03/...ka-temperatures-in-2012-refused-to-cooperate/

 

[thør]

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Article appears at the blog Watts Up With That:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/03/...ka-temperatures-in-2012-refused-to-cooperate/

I'm betting it wasn't colder than the winters of '74-'75 or '75-'76.

 

[thør]

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Springtime in Alaska.

 

[AKGhost]

Dear Lord. Thought I saw one earlier this week but convinced myself it was just a snowflake caught by an updraft.

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Springtime in Alaska.

 

[Aquagal]

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Springtime in Alaska.

I hope you killed it! Breakup is happening big time down my way.

Btw, besides the skeeter, what's that thing on your window?

 

[thør]

I hope you killed it! Breakup is happening big time down my way.

Btw, besides the skeeter, what's that thing on your window?

It's not my window. It's a hinge.

 

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Moose rescue, Alexander Creek.

 

[coastal-boy]

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Moose rescue, Alexander Creek.

Overflow? Or an actual break through?

 

[RobDownSouth]

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[thør]

Overflow? Or an actual break through?

Broken through into the creek.

Gallery of pics, here.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

*looks at photo gallery and laughs at the dog* yay Act of human kindness.

 

[thør]

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Bath time on the Iditarod trail.

 

[Aquagal]

Broken through into the creek.

Gallery of pics, here.

Thanks for that, thør. Great pictures. I know of someone that went thru Alexander Creek, I believe at the beginning of winter, maybe? On her snow machine. Lost the sled, but thankfully she got out.