Alaska, the Last Frontier

• Alaska may be the largest state in the USA - it covers about 1.7 square kilometres - it's also the least densely populated state (only 1.03/km²).



• Alaska was bought from Russia by the USA on the 18th October in 1867. That day is celebrated each year as Alaska Day.



• 800 kilometres of land in Canada separate Alaska from Washington.



• Alaska is borderd by Canada in the East, the Pacific Ocean in the South, the Bernig Sea in the West and the Arctic Ocean in the North.



• name origin: Alaska is a russian word for 'great lands' or 'peninsula'.



• state song: the Alaska's Flag



• "North to the Future" is Alaska's state motto, representing Alaska as a land of promise.
  



• state sport: dog mushing
  


• state flower: alpine Forget-Me-Not
  


• nicknames: the Last Frontier, Land of the Midnight Sun, Seward's icebox
  


• highest point: Mount Mckinley, 6194 metres
  


• main river: Yukon
  


• largest city: Anchorage
  


• capital: Juneau

sources: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Alaska/statesymbols.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska