Photos: Finding beauty amid the deep freeze

Southcentral Alaska has been experiencing a stretch of chilly weather. The skies are mostly clear and the lack of cloud cover allows any heat to dissipate. But with severe conditions comes beauty in large and small ways. Cold fogs form and lend a whole new look to the environment. Tiny feathers form in crystalline ice, streams freeze into crazy icy landscapes.

Loren Holmes

Loren Holmes is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at loren@adn.com.

Marc Lester

Marc Lester is a multimedia journalist for Anchorage Daily News. Contact him at mlester@adn.com.

Bill Roth

Bill Roth is a staff photojournalist at the Anchorage Daily News.

Anne Raup

Multimedia editor Anne Raup has been with ADN for 26 years, both as a staff shooter and an editor.