PLATTSBURGH — From the sun-bleached pillars of the Acropolis to the globally warmed glaciers of Alaska, vacationers proved they can’t leave home without their Press-Republican.

About 50 readers submitted vacation photos in which they’re shown holding a copy of the paper for the annual “Take Your Press-Republican on Vacation” contest.

Several of the entrants are no strangers to the contest. Laura Jennings of Cadyville, whose husband, Howard, is a photographer and teacher at Northern Adirondack Central, has submitted a number of entries in the past. This year, the school nurse at Morrisonville Elementary School had the idea to drag a laurel wreath and toga along when the couple took a 35th-anniversary trip to Greece June 25 to July 8.

“We have fun bringing our paper and figuring out what do for a photograph,” she said. “Greece was amazing, just amazing. To think we were walking among the archeological remains from the 4th and 5th centuries B.C., that you’re walking the same path as Socrates and Plato — it’s just awe-inspiring.”

The trip to Greece marked the first time abroad for the couple but not the first vacation with their Press-Republican. They previously submitted one of Laura in snorkeling gear in Hawaii.

“We really enjoy the contest,” she said. “And no one seemed to think it odd that we kept taking photos of me in this toga holding a newspaper.”

Jennings won the judges award for the best photo. She will receive a $50 restaurant gift certificate.

Bertha “Bert” Pombrio has also previously submitted to the contest, sending in a group shot from her tour to the Holy Land last year. But this year, the Dannemora resident decided to leave the North Country’s brief summer for the glaciers and cold of Alaska.

“It’s their summer, and they only have a few hours of darkness,” the 76-year-old Pombrio said.

She submitted a photo of herself with the Press-Republican as she waited to board a helicopter back to Denali following an aerial tour of Yanert Glacier in the Alaska Range.

Pombrio and a group from CVPH Medical Center took a 12-day tour that included a seven-day cruise and five-day train ride through the area.

“The photo was taken outside a helicopter by the helicopter pilot,” Pombrio said. “On the glacier, you’re limited how far you can walk about, so while we stood by waiting for the ride, I cracked open the Press-Republican and asked if he would take the picture.”

Pombrio and two couples took the helicopter ride as a side excursion to the cruise.

“The pilot pointed out different sites and got frightfully close to the cliffs,” she said. “We saw different animals down below, like a herd of caribou. It was really neat; I truly enjoyed it.”