1. North to Alaska


2. Adventure
From the first humans
to cross the Bering
Land Bridge to those
who came after, all had
a daring, can-do spirit.
From explorers to gold
miners to teachers to
farmers, each of these
fearless folks shaped
Alaska and you can still
see their impact today.

3. A few special things about
Alaska…

4. But Anchorage is the largest city.
 Tulsa has about 100,000 more
people than Anchorage.

5. Juneau is the Capital

6. Tallest Mountain in NA –
Over 20,000 feet
20,000 feet

7. Biggest Quake – Good Friday
1964 9.2 on Richter scale

8. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is
more than 13 million square miles,
six times bigger than Yellowstone.

11. Coldest of Cold
 The coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States
was in Alaska. On January 23, 1971, the temperature
dropped to -79.8 at Prospect Creek. That's only one degree
warmer than the coldest temperature ever in North America.
On February 3, 1947, the thermometer at Snag in the Yukon
hit -81.4 degrees Fahrenheit. The coldest temperature
recorded in the world is -129F at Vostok, Antarctica on July
21, 1983.

12.  Juneau, Alaska is the cloudiest
place in the U.S.
 Anchorage tied Hilo, Hawaii for
the #2 spot at 41%.

13. Wind
 In Alaska you'll find the windiest places and the least windy.
Talkeetna ties Medford, Oregon for the lowest annual wind
speed of 4.8 mph.

14.  Yakutat, Alaska holds the record for the rainiest place in the
United States. It averages more than 160 inches each year.

15. The Eagles have landed.
 Some 4,000 eagles come to the Chilkat River near Haines in
November to feed on a late run of salmon there.

16. Most active volcanoes in U.S.
 80% of all active volcanoes and 10% of all the
volcanoes in the world are located in Alaska.

17. Largest state park in the United
States: Wood-Tikchik State Park
in southwestern Alaska is 1.6
million acres.

18. Willow
ptarmigan

19. Sport: Dog Mushing

20. Forget-Me-Not

21. King Salmon

22. Big Dipper
Designed by Benny
Benson who won a
state-wide contest in
1926. The Big Dipper
and the North Star—
eight stars of gold--
stand for the sky and the
state flower.

23. Glaciers
Greatest
concentration of
glaciers in the US:
Nearly 30,000
square miles or 5%
of the state is
covered by glaciers.

24. Sources
http://www.alaskakids.org
www.wikipedia.com