Alaska

The Alaska flag has a blue field with eight yellow stars. The seven smaller stars represent the Big Dipper (an asterism in the constellation Ursa Major, the Big Bear); the large star represents the North Star, also called Polaris (representing Alaska's northern location).

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Alaska is three times bigger than Texas. Alaska has a total of 663,267.26 sq miles of land mass and Texas only has 268,580.82 sq miles.

Alaska is a big state. The 'average temp' is not the only temp. Here in Valdez the average temp is 20 but that doesn't mean we don't get 60 degrees F in the winter. And everything in between. So yes it does rain. Right on top of all the snow. Sometimes it slushes. Slush is when the water is stuck between rain and snow. It all depends on what part of the state you're in though. Valdez and Thompson Pass get the most snow in the state (Thompson Pass record is 974.2 inches or just over 82 feet) In other places they get less than a foot of snow.

Texas has about 24,785,000 residents and Alaska has about 699,000. Texas has more then 24 million people then Alaska and is slowly gaining in population as other states barely hold their own.

The Official state rock is Jade and the Official mineral is Gold.

You must be well north of Fairbanks and clear of any ambient ligting to get the Clear Picture. At least 15 miles outside of Barrow will give you the best visuals.

Alaska and Hawaii are located in the USA. The capital of USA is Washington DC.

Depends on where you are in the state. It varies quite a bit, but if you look up the newspapers for the city you're interested in, usually they'll tell you how much daylight there is that day in the weather sections. Today, 7/3/08 in Anchorage for example, the sun rises at 4:31 AM and sets at 11:37 PM.

374 miles

The East coast is 4 hours ahead of Alaska.

It is not as cold there because of global warming!!

Canada which would also be the same country you would travek through if walking. A shipping lane or a flight path might avoid that border crossing if you are trying to avoid the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Alaska Airlines was founded in 1932. It was originally named McGee Airways having been founded by Linious "Mac McGee". The name was changed to Alaska Airlines in 1944.

One the Northern Coast of the State of Alaska.

The 1950 US Census recorded 128,643 residents.

The Aleutian Island Chain is the name of the islands off of the South Western coast of Alaska.

When the US bought Alaska from Russia for over $7,200,000, it was called 'Seward's Folly' for the Secretary of State who negotiated the deal. Hardly anyone in America knew anything about Alaska except that it was thought to be a frozen waste, too far north and too far from the lower 48 to be worth anything. In a word, ignorance.

Canada is larger than the US in land area and total area, so it is much larger than Alaska.

The Canadian province of Nunavut is substantially larger than Alaska.

It was 1784 when the first Russian colony was established in Alaska. The United States eventually bought Alaska from Russia for $7.5 million.

Alaska is bordered by the Canadian province of British Columbia. It also is bordered by Yukon, a Canadian territory.

Federal indifference and the lack of a viable population.

There are something called no-see-ems which are probably chiggers or related to them. They bore right into one's body and the best way to get rid of them is to place a warm, damp bag of generic black tea over the bite and secure it in place for a few hours.

The Official Land Mammal is the Moose.