Alaska ✍️🧐

Things about Alaska

Alaska is the 49th state of the U.S and lies in the northernmost state in the U.S. It is the most sparsely populated state in all of the Country with a population of 736 thousand. The state is also known for beautiful scenery and lakes.

Location and geography

Alaska is the Northernmost State in the U.S, it does not border any American states as it is cut off by Canada 🇨🇦, it also has lots of islands to the east called the Aleutian Islands. The terrain of Alaska consists of mostly rugged mountains, vast glaciers, boreal forests, tundra, and a long coastline

Flag

Alaska has its own flag called the “Big Dipper” The Big Dipper is a Bear that lives in Alaska, it symbolises strength, and the seven stars on Alaska’s flag are to resemble it (in Norway we call it Karlsvognen). The star at the top is the Polaris star and is bigger than the seven others. The flag also has its own song :

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue –

Alaska’s flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow’rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough’s dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The “Bear” – the “Dipper” – and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska’s flag – to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.

(Pasted from Wikipedia)⬆️

Motto

The motto of Alaska is: “North to the future!” The motto was chosen in 1967, Richard Peter made the motto. It was meant to represent Alaska as a land of promise.

History

The indigenous people of Alaska had lived there for many thousand years but then the Colonists came. It was believed that the first colonial settlement in Alaska was founded in 1648 later the Russians took over Alaska. Later in 1867 The Russian Empire would sell what was to be thought a useless piece of land to the United States for $7.2 Million ($125 million today), and was later transferred to the U.S on the October 18th 1867. (little did Russia know that today they would want it back after Oil and natural gasses was found) Later in Jan 1959 around 97 years later Alaska became an official state of the United States of America 🇺🇸

Public Transportation

Alaska has many people in it, and as every person in the word they have to go around the country for : work/family visits, etc etc, and since Alaska is know for lots of mountains and snow and many villages not having highways, they have to travel using mostly public transportation going on land, sea, river, and air.
Trains have been important since the ARR (Alaska Railroad) was built in 1915, Trains move Passengers and at the Cargo at the same time when driving and is used almost everywhere in Alaska.

Planes is more new to Alaska and us only used for Towns that have no access to the ocean or rivers usually landing on small airfields with small amounts of passengers, in 2013-2015 a new airport built in Anchorage helped Alaska gain 2 million visitors after its construction.

The Ferry has been useful for many years, transporting people from A to B as well as their vehicles making it the most practical and efficient way to travel.