ALASKA

Alaska into the wild

Alaska factbox

-Population: 663,661
-Area: 1,481,353 km
-History: Bought from Russia in 1867 for five cents a hectare. It became the 49th state of the USA in 1959.
-Highest temperature: 37.7 in June, 1915
-Lowest temperature: -62 in January, 1971
-Number of lakes: 3 million
-Number of volcanoes: 29
-Distance to Russia: 88 km


Firs city: Ketchukan is the first stop for many visitors to alaska.
Big Beauties: This whale can't eat you, but don't get too close!
Ice magic: Alaska has more than 10,000 glaciers.
The famous Hubbard Glacier seen here is North America's
largest tidewater glacier.

About yourself and your view of the world

My name is Eugeni Masgrau and I'm a student in Casa Nostra, Banyoles. I'm interested in sports and music. Some off my friends do sport too. The people with I spend most time are my mate John and my sister Elisabeth. The thing which I like best is sking in a cloud day.
The thinks that makes me anoying and angry is that the people mistreats the animals and contaminate a lot the world.
As far the future is concerned, it somtimes worries me that the Earth explote. I find a bit frightening that there's always a war or a nature catastrophy. In the future i see myself studing or working.

The history of a product

In 1908 the company Marquis Mills Converse do the first Converse shoes in a factory in Massachusetts (USA). The shoes was simple and comfortable. It sell a lot of pairs of shoes.
In 1920 the company do the converse All Star, special shoe to basketball players. A few years later was the official NBA shoe. It also was popular with artists and musicians.
Recently it less popular. Company sold for 2500 millions of dollars to nike in 2003. The shoes was again popular and they sold. They sold 950 million pairs in 2008

Plans for a visit

Hi, James

I'm just writing to check that everything's OK for your visit.
I think you'll like Barcelona. On Wednesday morning we're doing a bicycle tour with my parents because they really want to show you the city. We'll be free in the afternoon, so we'll probably meet some of my friends (Peter, James, Paul, John..) and we could go to the cinema. I expect we'll end up in one of the cafés in the center.
On Thursday, we could rend a boat. There are some beautiful beatches in the north (Cadaqués, Llança, Port de la Selva...). We can swim and diving. That could be nice!
We're going to meet at the airport of Barcelona tomorrow.
Looking forward to seeing you.
Ricard.