Some called Alaska "Seward's folly- or "Seward's icebox-.(Sherwood 24) They stopped when gold was found in 1880 by two prospectors named Joe Juneau and Richard Harris. Soon, the site was full of gold hunters. The prospectors founded the town of Juneau, which is today Alaska's capitol. This was only the beginning of a series of gold rushes. Soon thousands of people were traveling to Alaska to search for gold. There was a gold rush in Canada's Yukon Territory in 1897, Nome in 1898, and Fairbanks in 1902. Americans quickly changed their minds and favored Alaska. On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska joined the Union and became the 49th state.
Today, Alaska is still favored. Many people, more than one million a year, travel from far to see the amazing sites and capture the essence of the state. Besides the beauty, one of the first things travelers notice is the climate difference. Alaska is so big that it has about a half dozen different climates. The arctic region is cold, with long winter nights and the northern interior temperatures can go as low as -70 .
winter to as high as 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. The Aleutian Islands are cool, wet, and windy.(Sherwood 24) The geography is also very different from any other state. Alaska is very big. The coastline of the state is longer than all of the coastlines of the rest of the U.S. added together. It is one-fifth the size of the rest of the nation. Alaska has 3,000 rivers and thousands of lakes at least 10 acres in size. The Yukon River is one of the continent's largest rivers. It cuts from east to west across the interior of the state. Half of the world's glaciers are within Alaska's borders. The biggest ones are larger than the state of Rhode Island. Besides being big, Alaska holds big things. Alaska has the highest mountain in North America: Mount McKinley/Denali, which is 20,320 feet high. The state has the largest National Park (13 million acres), State Park (1.
Everyone knew of Alaska Young. ... What you learn about Alaska is not what is important. ... For Alaska, she just needed someone to dig a little deeper. ... He knew nothing would be the same without Alaska and there was no point in trying to forget her; Alaska Young was unforgettable. ... " However; Alaska did not feel the same. ...
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Although there isn't much sunlight and it can get very depressing, even the most miserable season in Alaska is beautiful. ... I laughed at my college buddies who told me I would one day miss Alaska and want to return. ... Maybe I am so homesick I am making Alaska into this fairy tale of splendor and faultlessness. ...
Introduction The Trans Alaska Pipeline is a modern marvel of engineering. ... The Trans Alaska Pipeline System, or TAPS, contributes approximately 20% of this nation's domestic oil production. ... Alyeska is comprised of BP, ARCO, Exxon, Mobil, Amerada Hess, Phillips Alaska, and Unocal In 1973 the Trans Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act became law and construction of the pipeline began in the spring. ... The total weight of materials shipped to Alaska was approximately 300 tons. ... As a result, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act became law on November 16, 1973. ...
Alaska is the only state that the wolf is not endangered in. ... There are an estimated 7,700- 11,200 wolves left in the wild, in Alaska (wolf in Alaska). ... In the mainland of Alaska, the wolves eat moose and caribou. In the southern parts of Alaska, the wolves eat black tailed deer, the mountain goat, and the beaver (wolf in Alaska). ... The live in about 85% of Alaska, and Alaska is 586,000 square miles (song). ...
Alaska has an excellent, but simple history. ... In 1741 it had nearly seventy thousand natives living in Alaska (Alaska 1). ... The U.S. bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars (Alaska 1). ... Today, Alaska is just as beautiful, "and no one who has visited Alaska will ever forget this Great White Land" (Hoke 5). ... "Alaska is one of the last remaining wilderness frontiers on our planet," (Alaska I.H. 4). ...
With A Student-Supported Solution The issue of teenage suicide is requires urgent attention in Alaska. ... Factors & Causes of Teen Suicide The State of Alaska features one of the highest suicide rates in the United States at 36.6 per 100,000 (Top Five Leading Causes of Death by Age Group, Alaska). ... Ultimately, the Alaska Teen Suicide Prevention Program both satisfies the need for a solid teen-suicide prevention program in Alaska and presents a cost-effective solution. ... Summary The issue of teen suicide represents a threat to the teenage population of Alaska. That being said, the Ala...
I was in Cambridge Bay, Canada, during August, and needed to go to Barter Island, Alaska. ... I left on a Tuesday, in a cargo plane, flying west towards Barter Island, Alaska. ... I made the necessary repairs, and we left CAM-1 the next morning, heading to Barter Island, Alaska. The closer we got to Alaska and more overcast it became. The only navigational equipment at Barter Island, Alaska, was a directional beacon. ...
According to the statistic punished by government called "American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2011", the population of Native American in 2010 is about "2.9 million were American Indian and Alaska Native only, and 2.3 million were American Indian and Alaska Native in combination with one or more other races" (American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2011). ... Compared to other groups of people, the rate of hypertension, CHD, and diabetes are mostly higher of Native and Alaska people (Fialkowski, etal, 295). ... In the 1950s, the tim...
