Facts About Alaska

Alaska is three times the size of Texas and 1/5th of the United States.

It has around 600,000 in population and half of that population live in Anchorage.

They call us down here "the lower 48."

"The bush" refers to places in which you cannot reach by car. There are no roads to the bush.

There are eskimos. They often times live in the bush.

North Alaska gets 24 hours of sunlight in the summer and 24 hours of darkness in the winter. Anchorage gets only a few hours of sunlight in the winter. While we were there, the hours of light and darkness were fairly normal. They are gaining 45 minutes of light a week there right now.

Certain parts of Alaska can get down to -80 degrees during the winter.

Mt. McKinley is 20,000 feet and is the highest peak in North America.