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Alaska A to Z Display of the Last Frontier’s Vastness
Alaska is the largest U S state covering about one fifth of the nation and home to around 500 000 people since statehood in 1959 It sits across Canada from Washington and was bought from Russia in 1867 for 7 200 000 The state holds vast natural resources glaciers rivers and lakes and features Denali Mount McKinley at 20 320 feet the continent’s highest peak Anchorage is its largest city with about 250 000 residents Arctic regions see July highs near 47 and January lows around minus 11 degrees Barrow marks America’s northern extreme with a majority Inuits and Alaska’s coastline spans 47 300 miles along seas bays and gulfs
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