By Jilly wainer

 The Russians found Alaska in  People came to America by crossing Alaska.  Alaska got its name from a word that means shore.  In the 19 th century traders and explorers came to Alaska.

 The Bering Sea is in the west.  Alaska is the biggest state.  5% of Alaska is ice.  Mount Mckinly is in the east.  Glacier Bay is in the south east.  The state capital is in the south east.  Alaska pernicila is in the south east.

 Alaska known for volcano eroptions and earthqaucks.  The warmest its ever been is 100˚F.  The coldest its ever been is -80˚F.  Averige is 70˚in the summer and in the winter it is -25˚.

 Vitus Bering ( ) explorer  Alfred Hulse Brooks( ) geologist  Carl Eielson ( ) pioneer pilot  Virgil F. Parch( )cartoonist  Libby Riddles(1956-) Champion Musher

 Bering was born in 1681 in Horsen, Jutland.  He was married and had 7 kids.  Bering joined the navy in  He spent most of his life exploring.  Bering died in 1741 on Bering Island.

 Alaska is home to the bigest fish in the nation and its name is halibut.  Parts of Alaska gets 24 hours of darkness in the winter and 24 hours of daylight in the summer.  You can see the Northern Lights.  The state sport is dog mushing.  Alaska has over 2,000 brown bears.  The state bird is the willow ptarmigan.

 The state fish is the king salmon.  The state flower is the forget-me-not.  The state fossil is the woolly mammoth.  The state gem is the Jade.  The state insect is the four spotted skimmer dragonfly.  The state land mammal is the moose  The state marine mammal is the bowhead whale

 The state mine riel is gold.  the state tree is the Sitka spruce.  The state capital is Juneau.  In 1880 the population was 33,426.  In 1900 the population was 63,592.  The highest point is Mount. McKinley (20,320).  The lowest is sea level.