Hazel Metzgar, 6, helps her father Cameron clear the ice from her grandfather's driveway on Radcliffe Road in the Mendenhall valley on Dec. 22, 2016. Cameron grew up in Juneau and now lives in Port Alsworth on Lake Clark, Alaska, and is in town for the holidays visiting his father with his wife and children.

Hazel Metzgar, 6, helps her father Cameron clear the ice from her grandfather's driveway on Radcliffe Road in the Mendenhall valley on Dec. 22, 2016. Cameron grew up in Juneau and now lives in Port Alsworth on Lake Clark, Alaska, and is in town for the holidays visiting his father with his wife and children.

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Hazel Metzgar, 6, helps her father Cameron clear the ice from her grandfather’s driveway on Radcliffe Road in the Mendenhall Valley on Dec. 22. Cameron grew up in Juneau and now lives in Port Alsworth on Lake Clark and is in town for the holidays visiting his father with his wife and children.

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