“Sweet Motion of the Northern Lights,” a multi-block sculpture at the 2007 World Ice Art Championship in Fairbanks, Alaska (© Patrick Endres/Getty Images)

Ramstead’s sled dog team during the 2005 Iditarod Great Sled Race in Alaska (© AlaskaStock/Photolibrary)

Red fox vixen and her kit, Alaska, U.S.A. (© Johnny Johnson/age fotostock)

Skier making turns on a ridge near Valdez, Alaska (© Wink Inc./Footage Search)

Polar bear rolling on the frozen Beaufort Sea, near Point Barrow, Alaska (© Patrick J. Endres/Visuals Unlimited)

Sitka, Alaska (© Daryl Pederson/Age Fotostock)

Bald eagle near the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska -- David Copeland ©

Meandering river near Cook Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska -- Patrick J. Endres/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©

Grizzly bear sow with four cubs near Moraine Creek, Katmai National Park, Alaska -- AlaskaStock/Corbis ©

Mature & young Musk-ox bulls and cows in a defensive lineup during winter on the Seward Peninsula near Nome, Alaska -- Milo Burcharm/Photolibrary ©