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This photo released by The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) shows the Alaska DOT&PF Alaska Marine Highway System floating dock submerged in Skagway, Alaska, on Thursday, April 24, 2014. The floating dock used by the state ferry system in Skagway sank overnight. The Alaska Marine Highway Service says in a Thursday release that the Skagway Ferry Terminal will be closed until further notice since the dock used by state ferries is inoperable. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

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This Feb. 5, 2014 photo released by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows Richardson Highway at Keystone Canyon, Valdez, Alaska. On Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014 two weeks after cascades of snow prevented vehicles from getting into the only road to Valdez has reopened. Crews finished clearing away the remaining avalanche debris, and there was no damage to Richardson Highway. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)

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A aerial photo released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and made on Jan. 25, 2014,shows the path of an avalanche above the closed Richardson Highway, at Mile 39 near Valdez, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Transportation announced crews had begun removing snow from the major slide, one of many that have blocked the highway, the only road access to Val;dez, the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline.(AP Photo/Alaska DOT&PF)

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A photo released Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014, by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and made on Jan. 25, 2014, shows road crews beginning the job of clearing the closed Richardson Highway, near Valdez, Alaska. At least a dozen avalanches dumped snow on sections of the roadway Friday along 27 miles of the highway, the only road access to the city at the end of the trans-Alaska pipeline.(AP Photo/Alaska DOT&PF)

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This Jan. 24, 201 4 photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows multiple avalanches that crossed the Richardson Highway in the Thompson Pass region of Valdez, Alaska, causing flooding. Alaska highway officials say the only highway into the city of 4,100 people will be closed until further notice, for at least a week, if not much longer. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)

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This Jan. 24, 2014 photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows multiple avalanches that crossed the Richardson Highway in the Thompson Pass region of Valdez, Alaska. Alaska highway officials say the only highway into the city of 4,100 people will be closed until further notice, for at least a week, if not much longer. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)

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This Jan. 24, 2014 photo provided by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities shows multiple avalanches that crossed the Richardson Highway in the Thompson Pass region of Valdez, Alaska on Friday Jan. 24, 2014. Alaska highway officials say the only highway into the city of 4,100 people will be closed until further notice, for at least a week, if not much longer. (AP Photo/Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities)