It is estimated Alaska has six times as many pilots per capita and 16 times as many aircraft per capita as the rest of the nation.
Sarah Palin was right, Russia is visible from Alaska! (copy & paste link below) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2008/09/can_you_really_see_russia_from_alaska.html
Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Siberia.
In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or two cents per acre, for Alaska.
Joe Juneau’s 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold rush era.
Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.
In 1943 Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, which started the One Thousand Mile War, the first battle fought on American soil since the Civil War.
Dog mushing is the official state sport. The Alaska Legislature adopted it in 1972.
In 1926 13-year-old Bennie Benson from Cognac, Alaska designed the state flag.
At 20,320 feet above sea level, Mt. McKinley, located in Alaska’s interior, is the highest point in North America.
The Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States.
Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, covers 1,955 square miles (including the entire political municipal district).
The largest king salmon caught by rod and reel weighed over 100 pounds
Halibut live on the bottom of the ocean floor and can weigh over 400 pounds
Farmers in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley (45 minutes north of Anchorage) produce giant cabbage weighing close to 100 pounds
Alaska doesn't have snakes or ticks! (of all the facts about Alaska, this is my favorite part, cuz Ticks gives me the willys! :)
Sarah Palin was right, Russia is visible from Alaska! (copy & paste link below) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2008/09/can_you_really_see_russia_from_alaska.html
Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Siberia.
In 1867 United States Secretary of State William H. Seward offered Russia $7,200,000, or two cents per acre, for Alaska.
Joe Juneau’s 1880 discovery of gold ushered in the gold rush era.
Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.
In 1943 Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, which started the One Thousand Mile War, the first battle fought on American soil since the Civil War.
Dog mushing is the official state sport. The Alaska Legislature adopted it in 1972.
In 1926 13-year-old Bennie Benson from Cognac, Alaska designed the state flag.
At 20,320 feet above sea level, Mt. McKinley, located in Alaska’s interior, is the highest point in North America.
The Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States.
Alaska's largest city, Anchorage, covers 1,955 square miles (including the entire political municipal district).
The largest king salmon caught by rod and reel weighed over 100 pounds
Halibut live on the bottom of the ocean floor and can weigh over 400 pounds
Farmers in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley (45 minutes north of Anchorage) produce giant cabbage weighing close to 100 pounds
Alaska doesn't have snakes or ticks! (of all the facts about Alaska, this is my favorite part, cuz Ticks gives me the willys! :)
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