Christina Fritzinger, of Tacoma, hunkers down inside a snow cave she constructed on Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, February 3, 2007, as part of a weekend snow survival course offered by The Mountaineers. (Steve Ringman/Seattle Times/MCT)
UW biologist Sam Wasser holds a piece of elephant ivory to be tested for DNA on June 17, 2015 in Seattle, Wash. The test will identify in which part of Africa the elephant was poached. (Steve Ringman/Seattle Times/TNS)
America's Lindsey Vonn rounding a gate on her way to a bronze medal in the Ladies Super-G at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Saturday, February 20, 2010. (Steve Ringman/Seattle Times/MCT)
