Alaska[edit]

INFORMATION ABOUT ALASKA[edit]


TYPE	NAME	HOW BIG?	POPULATION
LARGEST CITY	Anchorage	66.1 square km	291,826
SMALLEST CITY	Edna Bay	0.3 square km	17


TYPE	NAME	HOW HIGH?
HIGHEST POINT	Denaly mountain	6190.5 m
LOWEST POINT	Sea level	0 m

CLIMATE
TYPE	LOWEST NORMAL	RECORD
WINTER	December- February - 26.5 C	- 62 C January 23, 1971
SUMMER	June- August 2.4 C	+ 38 C June, 1915

The climate in Alaska is Arctic. Long and very cold winters, short and cool summers.

TELEVISION
	TELEVISION FAMOUS ACTORS IN ALASKA		TELEVISION ALASKA’S MOST FAMOUS FILMS
	Ray Mala Ethan Hawke Al Pacino Robin Williams Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio		,, The Biggest Picture Ever Made’’ 1932 ,,Camp Hollywood’’ 1932 ,, Never Cry Wolf’’ 1983 ,, Insomnia’’ 2007 ,, On Deadly Ground’’ 1994

SPORT AND CULTURE
SPORT IMPORTANT EVENTS		CULTURE
Iditarod Sled Dog Race Mount Marathon Race Arctic Winter Games Dog Mushing Alaska Mountain Wilderness World Extreme Skiing Championship		The name ,,Alaska’’ was introduced in the Russian colonial period.

Some of Alaska’s popular event is Iditarod Sled Dog Race, that start’s in Anchorage and ends in Nome.

ATHLETES FROM ALASKA
ATHLETES FROM ALASKA	SPORT	BORN
John Baker	Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race	1960
Chad Bentz	Baseball	1980, 5 May
Carlos Boozer	Basketball	1982
Susan Butcher	Dog mushing	1954- 2006
Callan Chythlook Sifsof	Snowboarder	1989
Rick Swenson	Dog mushing	1950
Libby Riddles	Dog Mushing	1956
Kikkan Randall	Nordic Skier	1982

SOME FACTS ABOUT ATHLETES[edit]

John Baker is a top 10 finisher at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Chad Bentz is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Carlos Boozer rose to national fame during his collegiate career at Duke University.

Susan Butcher was the second female winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

C.C Sifsof earned a spot on the U.S.C team in 2006. She was scheduled to compete in Vancouer in 2010.

Rick Swenson is five- time winner of Iditarod.

Libby Riddles was the first woman, who won the Iditarod.

Kikkan Randall is seven- time National Champion.

ALASKA’S SYMBOLS[edit]


TYPE	SYMBOL	YEAR
FLAG OF ALASKA	The North Star and the Big Dipper on a field of blue	1900
SEAL	The Seal of the state of Alaska	1959
MOTTO	North to the future	1967

FAUNA
TYPE	SYMBOL	YEAR
LAND MAMMAL	Moose	1998
MARINE MAMMAL	Bowhead whale	1983
BIRD	Willow Ptarmigan	1955
INSECT	Four- spot skimmer dragonfly	1995
FISH	King salmon	1962
DOG	Alaskan Malamute	2010

FLORA
TYPE	SYMBOL	YEAR
FLOWER	Forget- me- not	1917
TREE	Sitka Spruce	1962

GEOLOGY
TYPE	SYMBOL	YEAR
FOSSIL	Wooly Mammoth	1986
GEM	Jade	1968
MINERAL	Gold	1968

GEOLOGY
TYPE	SYMBOL	YEAR
QUARTERS	Alaska State Quarter	2008
SONG	Alaska´s Flag	1959
SPORT	Dog Mushing	1972

HUNTING[edit]

Alaska is a popular hunting destination. Hunters come from all over the world to hunt big game animals such as the brown bear, black bear, moose, and caribou. Mountain goat hunts are also quickly becoming a rising interest to hunters. The reason as to why Alaska is such a popular hunting destination is because it owns some of the world’s largest big game animals. Alaska’s species of brown bear and moose are the largest in the world. According to the Boone and Crockett Club, Alaska has a rich history of world record brown bear, moose, and caribou, taken by various hunters. Hunters are able to partake in an Alaskan hunt by obtaining hunting licenses and game tags, and also following the areas laws and regulations. The most common weapons among hunters are rifles, large handguns, and bows.

FISHING[edit]

A greater percentage of Alaska’s fish than residents of any other state. Alaska features several different types of fishing. The two most popular are salmon fishing and halibut fishing. Other common types of fishing are saltwater fishing, fly fishing, and ice fishing. Fishermen have a variety of fish that they can catch including: Salmon, Trout, Northern Pike, Arctic Char, Dolly Varden, and Grayling. Alaska Fishing Licenses are required by law in Alaska for both residents and non-residents.

RIVERS AND LAKES[edit]

With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km²), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz notes in his chapter on Alaska "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes, and some 34,000 miles of coastal shoreline numbers that stagger the imagination, underscore the wealth of opportunities for anglers, and translate into some of North America’s premier fishing’’.