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To Valdez, Alaska: Winter Photo Album

One of the considerations when the new community was being planned after the 1964 earthquake was
ease of snow removal. The average yearly snowfall is over 325 inches, and the record is over 560 inches!
Streets are extremely wide, and the city's snow equipment fleet is large and varied. Feb. 12, 2004, 10:29 a.m.

This photograph is © 2004 by Murray Lundberg, and is not to be copied without express permission.
A photo of snowclearing at Valdez, Alaska.