In late 1997 the 12th billionth barrel of oil from the north slope of Alaska flowed through the TransAlaska Pipeline to Valdez.

Alaska Population has grown to 611,300 as of 30 June 1997.

Alaska covers 586,400 square miles or 371 million acres.

The land in Alaska has 86 million acres of upland and 65 million acres is tidal and submerged.

Alaska is twice the size of Texas and is 1/5 the size of the rest of the USA. It stretches 2,400 miles east to west and 1,420 miles north to south.

Alaska has a 6,640 mile coast line and is 50% longer than the combined east and west coasts of the USA. (Add the coast line of all the islands would bring the total to about 34,000 miles).

Alaska has more than half of America's national park land. Approximately 51 million acres.

Alaska has more than 80% of America's national wildlife refuge land, about 77 million acres.

Alaska is the northern-most, western-most and eastern-most state in the USA. (Islands on the Aleutian Chain are on the other side of the 180th meridian, putting them in the Eastern Hemisphere)

Alaska has 100,000 glaciers covering 28,000 square miles, or 4.9% of the State's land mass.

There are 1,800 named islands and 13 major volcanoes located mostly along the Aleutian Chain.

85% of Alaska is underlain by permafrost, (frozen ground that never thaws usually several inches to several feet below the surface), making construction and maintenance of foundations and roads difficult.

Alaska was admitted to the union as the 49th state and is 48th in size of population with about 1 person per square mile.

Nome Alaska got it's name when the "none" notation indicating no name was assigned on a map and was misread.

During WW2 Japan invaded Alaska at Dutch Harbor in June 1942 and waged a 15 month campaign in the Aleutians.

There are approximately 304 airports and 106 seaplane bases in Alaska. Lake Hood seaplane terminal, located in Anchorage, is listed as the busiest in the world.

 

Hmmmmn, nice but I think there is snow up there.

 

Mike W-
Its a love or hate thing with the snow And I love it!

 

I got some realatives up there in Alaska and they hate it down here in the lower 48...

I guess once you been there for a while you learn to love it or you leave, They love it and dont come down here much

As for me I have never been up there but sure would love to fo visit but the $$ that I dont have wont let me.

 

I would love it- but the wifes not hot on cold.

 

I always wanted to live in a 3rd world country...............Whats it like?


I am just kidding BTW. I wish I lived there.........................

 

I have visited there a few times. Really beautiful in the summer. Cold, real cold in the winter. Very nice place, I might try to get stationed there.

 

I love the place went up last summer to teach a service school - went outside from the bar at 1:30AM and it was still light out.

 

I just don't function very well in snow.

 

I think SoCal is too cold in the Winter. I need to be in Hawaii.

 

Snapple "Real fact" #122
Alaska has the highest percentage of people that walk to work.

 

Naw, highest percentage of people that ride dog sleds to work.

Born and raised in Alaska. Not leaving. But I do like to travel around the 48. Been to about 35 of the 50 states.

Chris, don't forget Land of the midnight sun (24 hours of sun). And right now people on the north slope will not see the sun until January.

 

are alaskans pro anwr drilling ??

 

It is still cold there and my understanding of the male specie……..when it gets real, real cold...... there are parts that disappear. .


Never been that cold………

 

Hillary's lockbox lmao