Alaska in 5 Minutes

Everything you need to know about Alaska in 5 minutes! From it's origins, Alaska's geography, its people, Alaska's biggest cities, Aurora Borealis, Alaska's wild life and national sport.

Its 586,412 square miles are bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined.
Their state motto: ‘North to the Future’
Alaska is divided roughly into 6 regions: South Central, Southeast, Interior, Southwest, North Slope, and Aleutian Islands. As of 2019 Alaska’s population is 731,545 and the third-least populous and the most sparsely populated state with an average density of just 1.2 people per square mile.
Alaska has about 100,000 glaciers, covering 5% of the state, including the 122-mile long Bering Glacier, the largest glacier in North America.
Alaska has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in North America. Denali called ”The Great One” - the tallest mountain in North America.
Barrow, Alaska has the longest and shortest day. When the sun rises on May 10th, it doesn’t set for nearly 3 months. This is perhaps Alaska is also called - the Land of the Midnight Sun.
Wildlife of Alaska: most popular polar bear, Alaskan Moose - a very popular icon and the largest in the world, and the Orca a.k.a. the killer whale.
Alaska’s official state sport is Dog mushing. Mushers and a team of 14 dogs cover the distance in 8–15 days or more.Teams generally race through blizzards causing whiteout conditions, sub zero temperatures with wind chill reaching minus 100 Fahrenheit.

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