Proper nounSingular Alaska Plural - Alaska
Derived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Alaska ( /əˈlæskə/ (help·info)) is the largest state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 698,473 residents reside within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S. The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed". It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How do I get people to understand that Alaska is part of Canada, not the United States? Q. People don't believe that Alaska is part of Canada. Maybe by saying ok, look at the globe and look at where the land of Alaska is connected to. So Alaska is part of Canada, not the US. look at the globe, DUH!!! Alaska is the farthest state on the northwest side of Canada. Asked by brookeleis - Wed Jan 21 02:02:37 2009 - - 8 Answers - 3 Comments A. some people are a little bit slow in Australia we know that Canada / the USA government purchased Alaska from Russia The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at 2 cents per acre, about 5 cents per hectare Answered by John M - Wed Jan 21 02:06:56 2009 If Alaska drifted off The Northwest Territories where do you think it will be? Q. Also, what would life be like for everyone living in Alaska? How would technology, agriculture, landscape, business, economy, residence, real estate, recreation, and lifestyle be like for people living in Alaska if Alaska were to drift off away from The Northwest Territories and arrived in the pacific? The Atlantic? Whoops I meant to type in drifted off Yukon and The Northwest Territories. Asked by Sky Flying Gorgon Witch - Wed Feb 13 11:52:59 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Geologically, this would never happen in a human lifetime - continental drift is about an inch a year. But if somehow it did: Although we're connected to North America at the AK-NWT border and there is the Alaskan Highway, not much commerce or infrastructure happens there. Some people drive back and forth but very few things get trucked up. Mostly goods come in by ship to port cities like Anchorage. And Prudhoe Bay oil goes out by tanker from Valdez. So none of that would change. If we drifted south a little bit (500 miles?), Fairbanks would become more important than Anchorage for cargo plane refueling and trans-shipment. If we drifted 1,500 miles south, down to Seattle's lattitude, we'd get less polar-route planes (those would go… [cont.] Answered by David in Kenai - Wed Feb 13 14:45:17 2008 What are some things to do in Denali National Park or Talkeetna, Alaska in the summer?
Q. Hi I'm possibly going to be making a trip to Alaska in the summer (May or June probably) and I'm seeing about taking the Alaska Railroad train from Anchorage to either Denali National Park or to Talkeetna but was wondering what are some of the things that one could do in the area like hiking, rafting, going to any glaciers or any of that type of thing any information would greatly be appreciated! Thank You! Asked by Ji542 - Mon Jan 4 21:02:06 2010 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments From Yahoo Answer Search: "Alaska" Quotations about Alaska This Geography article is a stub. You can help Wikiquote by expanding it.Sourced
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