alaska

What is an ALASKAN?

An Alaskan is somebody who is in and likes Alaska, especially if he/she has the guts, can work with tools, and won't quit.

The saying is that "...some get off the plane and are Alaskans, and some stay all their lives and aren't Alaskans!"

This page is chock-full of Alaskan factoids and cool links!

FACTS

Admitted to statehood on Jan 3, 1959	State Capital: Juneau
Nicknames: Great Land and The Last Frontier	Motto: North to the Future
State bird: Willow Ptarmigan	State fish: King Salmon
State flower: Forget-me-not	State gem: Jade
State tree: Sitka Spruce	State insect: Dragonfly (it eats mosquitos!)
Has 24 hour daylight and 24 hour night	3 million lakes
Has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in the United States and 19 peaks over 14,000 feet	Mt. McKinley: 20,320 ft, the highest peak in North America
1/5 of land mass of entire continental USA	2 times the size of Texas
29 active volcanoes	More shoreline than the entire lower 48: 33,000 miles

LAND

Area: 656,424 sq. miles	Land: 570,374 sq. miles
Water: 86,051 sq. miles	Highest point: 20,320 ft at Mount McKinley in Denali Park
Coastline: 6,640 miles	Shoreline: 33,904 miles

POPULATION

~600,000 (Anchorage ~250,000, Fairbanks ~30,000, Juneau ~26,000)

In Alaska, only 600,000 people live in a wilderness twice the size of France and three times the size of California. Alaska is home to 40% of the fresh water in the USA, with 6 million rivers, streams, and lakes...most untapped since the ice age!

In 1867, Secretary of State, William H. Seward bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars (2 cents an acre!) a bargain for which some call "Seward's Folly"

Official State of Alaska Homepage	Municipality of Anchorage Homepage
Map of Anchorage	State Flower: Forget-me-not
LiveCam of Downtown Anchorage	AlaskaGuide

I've got more coming...keep checking back here!

Last updated 1/6/99 by me

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