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1 day ago · Alaska ( / əˈlæskə / ⓘ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It is in the Western United States region. To the east, it borders Canada (the Yukon territory and the province of British Columbia ). It shares a western maritime border, in the Bering Strait, with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
- History of Alaska
The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic...
- Demographics of Alaska
Alaska has the largest Quaker population (by percentage) of...
- Sitka
Sitka (Tlingit: Sheetʼká; Russian: Ситка) is a unified...
- Fairbanks
Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the...
- Flag of Alaska
The state flag of Alaska displays eight gold stars, forming...
- Anchorage
Anchorage (Tanaina: Dgheyay Kaq'; Dgheyaytnu), officially...
- Delegations
Since Alaska became a U.S. state in 1959, it has sent...
- Juneau
Website. juneau .org. Juneau ( / ˈdʒuːnoʊ / JOO-noh;...
- Alaska House of Representatives
The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house...
- Alaska Purchase
The Alaska Purchase saw the Russian Empire transfer Alaska...
- History of Alaska
6 days ago · Alaska is bounded by the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north, Canada ’s Yukon territory and British Columbia province to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Strait and the Bering Sea to the west, and the Chukchi Sea to the northwest.
- The low-lying interior basin region between the Alaska Range in the north and the Chugach–Wrangell–St. Elias mountains to the south and east enjoys a relatively temperate climate. The valleys of the Susitna and Matanuska rivers, Cook Inlet, and the Kenai Peninsula are where the majority of Alaskans live.
- Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak Island, Alaska.
- Iliamna Lake, southwestern Alaska.
- Musk oxen in the snow, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S.
- Downtown Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
- Harbour at Kodiak, Alaska.
May 2, 2024 · Alaska Purchase, acquisition in 1867 by the U.S. from Russia of 586,412 square miles of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent, comprising the current U.S. state of Alaska. The $7.2 million purchase was orchestrated by U.S. Secretary of State William Seward and branded ‘Seward’s Folly.’.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 22, 2024 · Sitka, city and borough, southeastern Alaska, historically the most notable Alaskan settlement. U.S. Situated 95 miles (150 km) southwest of Juneau, on the western coast of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago, it is the only city in southeastern Alaska that lies on the Pacific Ocean.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The Department of Alaska was unorganized from its acquisition in 1867 from Russia until organized as the District of Alaska in 1884; it was organized as Alaska Territory in 1912. Hawaii was also unorganized from the time of its annexation by the U.S. in 1898 until organized as Hawaii Territory in 1900.
May 3, 2024 · With a stroke of a pen, Tsar Alexander II had ceded Alaska, his country’s last remaining foothold in North America, to the United States for US$7.2 million. That sum, amounting to just $138 ...
