They went to seek their fortunes. Some as trappers and traders and some during the gold rush. In modern times oil exploration and discovery required the construction of the Trans-Alaskan pipeline to get the oil from the North Slope fields to an ice free port for export. That meant top wages for both manual and skilled labor.
They first went there for the fur trade, and then someone discovered gold...
Like Everest, because it was there.
Because they wanted to.
to look at the tourism
In Alaska people ski and snowboard Alaskans also go hunting and work jobs up on the north slope.
Yes there are people in Alaska. To be exact the population of Alaska is 654,786 in 2008.
There are about 16,000 caribou in Alaska and there are about 9,000 people in Alaska.
Aleut. a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and western Alaska
Because if you were to go on vacation would you rather go to cold Alaska or hot FLORIDA?
Go to their houses. Secretly jack the desired "stuff" behind their back. Leave the house. Go to Alaska.
people went 10 times a year but that is tourist real alaskians go 57 times in a year
The people of Alaska.
People in Alaska pay state and federal taxes.
The first people that came to Alaska were people from Russia. The first people to live there were the indians.
Since Louisiana is one of the southernmost states in the US, and Alaska is the northernmost state, you would go north to go from Louisiana to Alaska.