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Is Alaska close to Antarctica

Updated: 12/16/2022
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No. Not geographically: Alaska is in the Northern Hemisphere and Antarctica is the opposite polar extreme -- in the Southern Hemisphere.

However, they are neighbors in the alphabet.

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