Alaska

The air distance from Beijing, China, to Ketchikan, Alaska, is 4,752 miles. That equals 7,647 kilometers or 4,129 nautical miles.

Alaska is a state in the United States of America. It is divided from the USA by the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Yukon Territories and it has a maritime border with Russia.

The Aleutian Islands.

They stretch over 1200 miles from the Alaska Peninsula to the Kamchatka Peninsula, across the Bering Sea. The two westernmost islands in the chain (Medny Island and Bering Island) are part of Russia.

Sitka.

The Aleutian Islands.

Alaska was purchased, not conquered.

Regular unleaded was between 3.33 and 3.39 in Anchorage on 21 March 2010.

Three days of non-stop driving.

There are 13 total native corporations. 12 all are in Alaska and the other represents native Alaskans living outside.

Fairbanks is located at latitude 64.8 degrees north, so the north celestial pole is always 64.8 degrees above the horizon. Polaris itself is presently about 0.7 degrees from the celestial pole, so its altitude above the horizon will vary between 64.1 and 65.5 degrees during the course of a sidereal day.

All i know is they are in the west Pacific region of the US.

It is 7540 air miles from Fairbanks to Seoul, KR Incheon Intl Airport.

Alaska is part of the North American continent.

No; it is a US State located on the North American Continent.

Spike, a humpback whale

Wyoming.

They have heavy winter jackets with hoods on since its "COLD" in Alaska? Without the hood they look almost identical to the people in Peoria, or Tampa or Waco.

You will need an axe, heat warmers, very protective clothing, lighters, and a shelter (blocks the wind). Food and water. Excellent footwear. Knowledge, skill and good luck.

The Russian Empire, fearing the loss of Alaska in a future conflict, hoped to sell it instead of losing it. They had hoped to start a bidding war between the U.S. and the British Empire, but the British weren't interested in buying it. Thus, the focus of the transaction became the United States.

Mount Mckinley was formed when the Pacific Plate subducted underneath the North American plate.

Not at all although winter sometimes sticks around a little to long or comes a little early.

A peninsula is an area of land surrounded on three sides by water. Does either of these places have water on three sides?

In 2010 dollars that would be about 111 million dollars but even so it was a very good purchase since it also cleared title to contested lands in Washington and Oregon and it took Russia out of North America.

The Aletian Islands.

Why is the average temperature for Quito Ecuador 96 and Nome Alaska 65?

Perhaps because the equator runs through Quito and Alaska is fairly close to the polar region.

The U.S. Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at about 2 cents per acre ($4.74/km2). The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. The name "Alaska" (Аляска) was already introduced in the Russian colonial time, when it was used only for the peninsula and is derived from the Aleut alaxsxaq, meaning "the mainland" or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed".[6] It is also known as Alyeska, the "great land", an Aleut word derived from the same root.