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Alaska

Alaska. By: Desiree Caleb Myia. Businesses. One of Alaska’s businesses is assemble line. Also agriculture, computers and software, food and beverage, heath care, human resource, energy and environment and commecial. Population. 626,932 people live in Alaska. Sites to see.

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Alaska

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  1. Alaska By: Desiree Caleb Myia

  2. Businesses • One of Alaska’s businesses is assemble line. • Also agriculture, computers and software, food and beverage, heath care, human resource, energy and environment and commecial.

  3. Population • 626,932 people live in Alaska.

  4. Sites to see • Alaska Native Heritage Center. • Anchorage Museum of History and art, Iditarod head quarters. • Alaska Sea life Center. • Nation Line Park, and Wendy Mississippi line are sites to see in Alaska.

  5. Lay of the land • Major rivers, Yukon river, Kuskwdustryim river, Colville river, and copper river. • Major industry – oil. • The Iditarod is held there. • Permafrost is ground that is permanently frozen.

  6. Tourism • Tourism brought 1.5 billion dollars into this state in 2003,that was 5% of Alaska’s gross state product .In 2003 Alaska saw more than 1.4 million tourist most coming as passengers on cruise ships and glacier bay national monument.

  7. Weather • Cool days, icy , not cold all the time , high for summer 72 degrees F. blizzard watch effect and gale warnings are likely to happen in Alaska.

  8. History Of The State • In 1861 gold was discovered. • The history Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic. • There was slavery in Alaska. • At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers , the area was populated by Alaska Native groups.

  9. Interesting Facts • Alaska state bridge is willow ptarmigan. • The state fish is King salmon. • The state land mammal is a moose. • The state mineral is gold ,state gem is Jade , state soil is Estelle. • The Lagregs City is Anchorage. • State marine mammal is Bowhead Whale. • The State Fossil is the woolly mammoth. • The State sport is Dog Mushing.

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