Alaska

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Alaska

• By Desiree
• Caleb
• Myia

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Businesses

• One of Alaskas businesses is assemble line.
• Also agriculture, computers and software, food
  and beverage, heath care, human resource, energy
  and environment and commecial.

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Population

• 626,932 people live in Alaska.

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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.

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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.

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Tourism

• Tourism brought 1.5 billion dollars into this
  state in 2003,that was 5 of Alaskas 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.