Many Alaskans revel in the biting air and the pure white of the winter landscape, not to mention the skiing, ice-climbing and snow machine-riding.

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Built from thermal glass, the eco igloos are set in the winter wonderland landscape of Levi, with its landscape of pines and spruce and thick carpeting of pristine snow.

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Winter highways are sandy tracks through the boggy landscape, passable only in winter when the ice hardens.

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It is difficult to campaign or distribute ballots during the rough winter months in the rugged landscape.

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"The landscape cried out for an 18th-century structure, " says Ms. Winter, who runs a nonprofit historic preservation group.

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