MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- John Swedlund, a base commissary employee, shovels snow from the commissary walkway during Minot’s first blizzard of the season here, Nov. 6. The base is no stranger to winter wonderlands as the annual snowfall is around 40 inches. Almost every imaginable type of weather can occur here. In general, conditions tend to be cold, dry and windy, but residents have adapted and persevere proving “only the best come north.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joe Rivera)