Proper nounSingular Alaska Plural - Alaska
Derived termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Alaska ( / ə ˈ l æ s k ə /) 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 live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. As of 2009, Alaska remains the least densely populated state of the U.S. Alaska was purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at about two cents per acre ($4.74/km²). 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 What industries does texas and alaska have besides oil? Q. I have seen posts claiming that alaska and texas have the highest per capita income and lowest taxes. If you take out the oil revenues those socialist states confiscate from the oil companies and all consumers who buy their gas, those sates are nothing but barren land. What industries does alaska and texas have that are man-made? Asked by Protect America from Republicans - Wed May 27 23:44:42 2009 - - 3 Answers - 1 Comments A. Oil is what they call a "common property resource". That means that it belongs to all of us, just like the salmon in the sea and the gold in the ground. Companies are given opportunities and often, incentives, to harvest these resources and to sell them for a profit. But part of the deal is that they have to pay the citizens who own the resource for the privilege of using resources that belong to us all. In addition to the oil industry, Alaska has strong timber, fishing, metal mining, and tourism industries. There are other minor industries, as well. No matter what the average income, there are people in both Alaska and Texas who are very poor. Manufacturing industry is prone to taxes as much as any other industry. As is agriculture, and… [cont.] Answered by littlemissknowitall - Sun May 31 05:12:19 2009 What is the effect of subisdance liveing on the alaska tundra? Q. What is the effect of native subsidance on alaska tundra, past and present. All of the above. Asked by alkorhol - Sat Jun 27 18:29:37 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I think you need to clarify your question. There is no word subsidance. Are you talking ground subsidence - which is the effect of melting and refreezing of the permafrost later under the Tundra? Or are you talking atmospheric subsidence, which is the sinking of large masses of air over the Tundra, resulting in dry and cold conditions with low precipitation? Or are you talking native subsistence - the effect of human hunter gatherers on the Tundra flora and fauna? Answered by Mountainboy19682 - Sat Jun 27 21:04:32 2009 Do you consider Alaska and Hawaii to be more of a different country than a state?
Q. I was just watching a random video on youtube and a Hawaiian woman was saying that Hawaiians dislike when Americans from the mainland go to Hawaii and then say "we're going back to the USA" when they are leaving, because Hawaii is part of the USA too. So just made my curious, do you see Hawaii, and Alaska more like different countries than different states? Asked by BooNaaNaa =] - Sat May 23 20:43:02 2009 - - 12 Answers - 1 Comments A. Well at one point they were actually different countries from the USA. Depending on whether you live on the mainland or not probably changes your opinion on this, as the two before me showed. I think because people see Hawaii and Alaska as being on separate islands, their cultures are more focused on as being different whilst the mainland has to try and incorporate so many states and their cultures into one history. So Hawaii's and Alaska's cultures are seen, especially by the tourist trades, as being more unique and almost like a completely different country. Don't mean to offend anyone with this by the way and i hope this answered your question! Answered by komodo.butterfly - Sat May 23 21:08:17 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Alaska" Quotations about Alaska This Geography article is a stub. You can help Wikiquote by expanding it.Sourced
From Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License.  abcnews.go.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:39:13 GMT+00:00 : Wildlife and Glaciers ABC News This is the terminal moraine of Alaska's Columbia Glacier the rocky debris that was left when the glacier retreated and it looks like the moon, ...  google.com Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:30:37 GMT+00:00 cop uses Taser on black bear The Associated Press anchorage, Alaska An Alaska police officer used his Taser to discourage a small black bear that had gotten into someone's fish fryer. ... Black bear shot on 2nd visit to South Anchorage home ktuu hillside homeowner shoots and kills troublesome black bear Anchorage Daily News Alaska Cop Uses Taser On Black Bear CBS News  washingtonindependent.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:44:11 GMT+00:00 The Washington Independent Lisa Murkowski ( Alaska ), the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, just delivered a floor speech that is deeply critical of ... Reid begins campaign to push energy bill through US Senate Platts Spill bills highlight Republican opposition Politico From Google News Search: "Alaska"  henrycoronica.com 482px x 750px | 165.40kB [source page] approfondimento dello sleddog visitando insieme a tonya schlentner yukon Quest musher i maggiori canili dell Alaska da Joe Redington a Rick Swenson da Peter Butteri a Susan Butcher From Yahoo Image Search: "Alaska"  newsjay.com admin hu, 29 Jul 2010 18:19:15 GM Military cargo plane crashes in . Alaska. complete details bit.ly anchorage, . Alaska. A C-17 military cargo plane with four aboard crashed and burned Wednesday night at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, . Alaska. .  maxinews.co.uk sude hu, 29 Jul 2010 10:28:35 GM A cargo plane crashed in . Alaska. with four people on board. The plane crash happened about 6:14 pm local time according to Capt. Uriah Orland. The Air Force.  mitadmissions.org Chris Peterson Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:52:23 GM Unlike Snively's ". Alaska. " post of a year ago - which read, in its entirety, have decided that today I will operate under the assumption that I am in . Alaska. . Not because it's cold or anything, just because it's a change of pace. ... From Google Blog Search: "Alaska" See also:
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