Alaska: The Last Frontier

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Alaska: The Last Frontier — page 1 — 4 ALASKA Alaska has many glaciers and ice fields North to the Future was adopted in 1967 as Alaska’s state motto The state bird is the willow ptarmigan A small Arctic bird it lives on the tundra and changes color from white in winter to light brown in summer INTRODUCTION Alaska is the most northerly state in the United States It has a cold climate rough land open tundra and few inhabitants Alaska is sometimes called the Land of the Midnight Sun During the summer months the sun sets very late in the day In the northernmost regions the sun does not go below the horizon for almost three months at a time In the winter however daylight is very limited in these areas Alaska’s land forms the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere The state is not connected to the other 48 states of the mainland United States Instead it juts westward from Canada into the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea Southwest of Alaska’s mainland stretches the state’s long island chain the Aleutians To the southeast is a strip of land called the panhandle which borders the Canadian province of British Columbia Although many people think that Alaska is always cold it has five different climatic zones Arctic continental transitional and two maritime The Sitka spruce was named the state tree in 1962 These trees are common throughout the central and southeastern parts of the state

Alaska: The Last Frontier

Alaska: The Last Frontier

Learn about the geography, culture, and climate of Alaska.

About This Book

By: Britannica Digital Learning

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Published by: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

9-12Age Range

6.5AR

30Pages

Cities & CulturesSubject

1020LLexile

15-30 minsReading Time

XGuided Reading

XFountas & Pinnell

70DRA

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