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.