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ELS5: Culture Studies Instructor: Lyra Riabov Student: Chien-Jung, Lu

ELS5: Culture Studies Instructor: Lyra Riabov Student: Chien-Jung, Lu. content. Geography of Alaska Government of Alaska Symbols Business of Alaska Tourist Information. Geography of Alaska. Location: northernmost and westernmost state of the United States

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ELS5: Culture Studies Instructor: Lyra Riabov Student: Chien-Jung, Lu

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  1. ELS5: Culture Studies Instructor: Lyra Riabov Student: Chien-Jung, Lu

  2. content • Geography of Alaska • Government of Alaska • Symbols • Business of Alaska • Tourist Information

  3. Geography of Alaska • Location: northernmost and westernmost state of the United States • Size: 1,593,438 sq km (615,230 sq mi) • Physical Geography • It includes the Aleutian Islands, a chain of about 150 islands that arc westward across the Pacific Ocean for 1,800 km (1,100 mi). • 45,327 sq km (17,501 sq mi) of inland water • 70,849 sq km (27,355 sq mi) of coastal water over which the state has jurisdiction • The Arctic Region is bounded by the Beaufort Sea to the north, the Chukchi Sea to the west, and the crestof the Brooks Range to the south.

  4. Geography of Alaska • Population: 643,786 • Natural resources: Oil and Ocean resource • Cities: Juneau,Anchorage • Climate: 4 different climatic zones • Maritime: Temperatures do not vary greatly, but rainfall is quite high and frequent. • Continental:extremely great temperature variations, but only moderate rain and snow. • Transitional:Lower temperatures and less rainfall. • Arctic: Arctic Alaska has very little snowfall, cool summer temperatures, and frequent high winds.

  5. Governor: Capital city: Juneau The time of joining the United States: Alaska belongs to the United States since 1867. It was bought from Russia by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The United States paid Russia $7.2 million for the rights of the Russian American Company in Alaska. Government of Alaska

  6. Symbols Alaska State Bird: Willow Ptarmigan Alaska State Flag Big dipper The Great Bear-Constellation

  7. Alaska State Flower: Forget-Me-Not Alaska State Tree: Sitka Spruce Alaska State Seal Symbols

  8. Leading Business: Business of Alaska • Fur seal, sea otter, and beaver pelts were the basis of economic activity in Alaska for more than 150 years after 1741 • The major gold rushes began in the late 1890s after the 1896 discovery of gold in the Klondike in the Yukon Territory • During the 1940s and 1950s large military bases were built throughout Alaska. The construction industry developed rapidly during and after World War II and manufacturing began to develop in the 1960s. • Beginning in the late 1970s, the economy of Alaska underwent a fundamental, and rapid change as the state’s enormous oil deposits, discovered in the 1960s, were exploited. Crude oil was first shipped from Valdez( in 1977. By 1980 state government revenue from the oil industry had grown to the point where the state government abolished its personal income tax.

  9. Tourist Information • Nature: • Aurora Borealis(Polar Light) • Arctic Tundra • Bears Hunting for salmon in Alaska • National Parks • Culture: • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race • Eskimo Summer Village • Russian Church, Sitka • Totem Pole • Recreation: • Fishing • Bear view

  10. Tourist Information • Museums: • Anchorage Museum of History and Art • Alaska Native Medical Center Craft Shop • Alaska Native Heritage Center • Celebration: • Arctic Thunder 2003 • Greek Festival

  11. Reference http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569148/Alaska.html#s37 http://www.alaska.com/akcom/v-css/ http://www.alaska.gov

  12. Juneau Anchorage

  13. Trans-Alaska Pipeline • The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, about 1300 km (about 800 mi) long • It was built in the mid-1970s to carry crude petroleum from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s northern coast south to the city of Valdez on Prince William Sound. • Nearly all of the state’s petroleum comes from Prudhoe Bay. Mining, predominantly petroleum extraction, accounts for more than one-fifth of Alaska’s gross state product.

  14. Anchorage • Founded in 1914 as a construction center for the Alaska Railroad, • Anchorage experienced rapid growth with the opening of two military bases in 1940 • The discovery of oil was in 1957. • It is now Alaska’s largest city.

  15. The aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, • It creates a spectacular light show near Fairbanks, Alaska. • Auroras, most frequently seen in the far northern and far southern regions of the globe, are common sights in the Alaskan sky. • Luminous displays visible to the naked eye only at night. • It occurs when charged particles from the Sun interact with gases in Earth’s atmosphere.

  16. Tundra, or low-growing vegetation including shrubs, grasses, mosses, and herbs, covers the plains and coastal regions of the Arctic. • Shown here is tundra in Denali (/d&-'nä-lE/) National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

  17. Kenai Fjords National Park Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Eskimo Summer Village Russian Church, Sitka Totem Pole

  18. Denali National Park

  19. Fishing King salmon, also known as a chinook. A big silver salmon Rockfish A male pink salmon A charter boat's catch of halibut

  20. Bear View Visitors to Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park A tour bus yields to a grizzly and her two cubs Black bears Two orphaned black bear A polar bear

  21. Sea Otter Seal Beaver

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