Alaska

=**ALASKA**=

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Vitus Bering was a Danish person who was working for the Russians, along with Alexei Chirikov discovered the Alaskan mainland and Aleutian Islands in 1741. Alaska was unexplored until 1867. Secretary of State William Seward arranged for it to be purchased from the Russians. It cost two cents an acre the grand total was $7,200,000. It took place on October 18, 1867. Despite the price many people thought of it as “Seward’s Folly”. The Gold Rush of 1898 brought over 30,000 people. Then in 1959 Alaska became a state. Alaska is considered the 49th state (Hawaii being the 50th).

__ Alaska History After it Became a State ( in 1959 ) __
====In 1968 a large oil and gas reservoir was found near Prudhoe bay. It estimated 27 trillion cubic ft of gas and 10 billon barrels of oil. The project was finished in 1977 at a cost of 7.7 billion dollars.====

DISASTERS
(The first biggest ever in recorded history was right after the biggest earthquake ever in recorded history). Alaska has also had many other disasters such as avalanches, fires, tornadoes, mine explosions, floods, and more.

In 1968 a large oil and gas reservoir was found near Prudhoe Bay. It estimated 27 trillion cubic ft of gas and 10 billon barrels of oil. The project was finished in 1977 at a cost of 7.7 billion dollars.

In 1983-1987 Alaska had a recession. Crab and Oil prices dropped 1 in 10 jobs disappeared.

In 1992 Denali National Park, a famous park in Alaska turns 50.

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 * //__Mountain __//**//__ranges **of Alaska** __//
 * 1) Brooks Range
 * 2) Seward Peninsula Mountains
 * 3) Nulato Hills
 * 4) Yukon-Tanana Mountains
 * 5) Ogilive Mountains
 * 6) Kuskokwim Mountains
 * 7) Alaska Range (Mt. McKinley in this mountain range)
 * 8) Talkeetna Mountains
 * 9) Wrangell Mountains
 * 10) Aleutian Range
 * 11) Kenai Mountains
 * 12) Chugach Mountains
 * 13) St. Elias Mountains
 * 14) Coast Mountains



Geography Bodies of water that border Alaska:
 * Beaufort Sea
 * Bering Strait
 * Pacific Ocean
 * Bristol Bay
 * Chukchi Sea
 * Gulf of Alaska
 * Bering Sea

Bodies of water in Alaska:
 * Yukon River
 * Kuskokwim River
 * Copper River
 * Colville River
 * Iliamna Lake
 * Aleknagik Lake
 * Becharof Lake
 * Clark Lake
 * Minchumina lake

Land area is 570,665 sq. mi.



Politics
 * The capital is Juneau
 * It was organized as a territory in 1912
 * This is the state flag, Benny Benson designed the state flag when he was only thirteen


 * The governor is Sean Parnell [Rebublican]
 * The senators are Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski
 * There are 710,231 people
 * Alaska’s nickname is “The Last Frontier”
 * Alaska’s motto is “North to Freedom”
 * There are twenty seven counties
 * The state flower is forget-me-nots


 * The state tree is sitka spruce
 * The state bird is the willow ptarmigan

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 * The state fish is the king salmon
 * The state song is “Alaska’s Flag”
 * The state gem is jade
 * The state marine mammal is the bowhead whale
 * The state fossil is the wooly mammoth
 * The state mineral is gold
 * The state sport is dog mushing




 * __Top Ten Exports: __ ||
 * ZINC ORES AND CONCENTRATES ||
 * FISH FILLETS, FROZEN, NESOI ||
 * LEAD ORES AND CONCENTRATES ||
 * FISH MEAT, FROZEN, EXCEPT STEAKS AND FILLETS NESOI ||
 * PACIFIC SALMON, NESOI, EXCL FILET, LIVER,ROE, FROZ ||
 * FISH LIVERS AND ROES, FROZEN ||
 * GOLD, NONMONETARY, UNWROUGHT NESOI ||
 * FISH, NESOI, WITH BONES, FROZEN ||
 * COD, FROZEN, EXCLUDING FILLETS, LIVERS AND ROES ||
 * NATURAL GAS, LIQUEFIED ||

__ Iditarod Trail __

There are two routes the Northern Route and the Southern Route. The Northern Route Is 975 miles long and the Southern Route Is 1131 miles long. They go on the Southern Route in odd years and the Northern route in even years.

Aurora Borealis The Aurora Borealis was named after the Roman Goddess of dawn, Aurora. An Aurora Borealis is created when energy particles from the sun collide with the Earth’s magnitude. The best time to see the Northern Lights is from October to March in late night or early morning when nights are the longest and the air is clear and the sky is chilly. People have called the Aurora Borealis many things. Years ago people called them dancing spirits. Later people called them Northern Lights and then Aurora Borealis. The people of ancient Greece called them blood rain. The Germans called them Heaven light and the Eskimos called them sky dwellers. The people of Lapland thought it was a giant fox swishing its tail across the arctic hills. Many people remember the sky blood red in Finland just before the Winter War in 1939. Although people have claimed to see the Aurora Borealis as far south as Vermont, USA, the Northern Lights are best known for Alaska and are much clearer there. media type="custom" key="17511778"

__Foods in Alaska __

__Seafood Dishes __ 1.Salmon pie 2.Smoked salmon 3.Pickled herring 4.Halibut pie 5.Crab casserole __<span style="font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 29.3333px;">Meat Dishes __ 1. Venison parmesan 2. Deer sausage 3.Moose stroganoff/8 4.Baked wild duck __<span style="font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 29.3333px;">Vegetables __ 1. Wild cucumbers 2. Goosetongue (sea plantain) 3. Lima bean bake 4. Fiddlehead ferns __<span style="font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 29.3333px;">Dessert __ 1.Blueberry cobbler 2.Red huckleberry pudding

__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'AYTEddie','sans-serif'; font-size: 29.3333px;">Alaska Wild Life __

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__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'AYTEddie','sans-serif'; font-size: 29.3333px;">Endangered Species __

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'AYTTrendy','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;"> Polar bears

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__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'AYTEddie','sans-serif'; font-size: 29.3333px;">Polar bears __

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;"> Polar bears eat mostly seals. They also dine on muskox, reindeer, rodents, shellfish, crabs, birds, eggs, berries, ect. And even other polar bears. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;"> They are the largest bears in the entire world. Male polar bears can grow 10 feet tall and weigh over 1400 pounds!!!

**__<span style="color: #66ff33; font-family: 'AYTTrendy','sans-serif'; font-size: 34.6667px;">Arctic Fox __**

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">The Arctic fox eats lemmings, tundra voles, auklets, puffins, ect. They can weigh 6 to 10 pounds and 12 to 8 inches. The arctic fox is usually white in the summer and grayish brown in the summer. **

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