Alaska By: Ben Snouffer & Anthony Weaver

Business Presentations October 9th, 2013

Alaska Map Basic Information History I History II Geographical Location Climate Tourist Attractions Major Industries

Table of Contents Major Cities Natural Resources Alaska State Symbols Major Colleges Famous Natives Volcanoes Citations I Citations II

● Juneau

● The Last Frontier

● Population of 731,449

● 54% of United States

Basic Information http://www.schooltube.com/video/9162d9f75c26419189a7/Alaska's%20Flag

● Purchased from Russia for $7.2 million dollars (2 cents an acre)

● 49th state

● Largest state of the United States

History

● In 1968 an oil reservoir was found in Prudhoe Bay, on the Arctic coast

● The deposit was estimated to take up 10 billion barrels of oil

● Led to the making of the Trans-Alaskan pipeline

History

Geographical Location ● Extreme Northwest of the North

American continent

● Coordinates of the center of Alaska are 152°28” 2’W 64°43” 9’N

● 586,412 square miles

● Summer can be anywhere from 60-80 degrees fahrenheit

● Snowfall varies in Alaska

● Average of 79 inches in Anchorage.

● From November to January Alaska is completely dark

Climate

● The Alaska Zoo

● The Aurora Borealis or Northern lights

● Earthquake Park

Tourist Attractions

● Animal and Mineral Resources

● Dairy, crabs, fish, forestry, fur, etc…

● Mining

● Ecotourism

Major Industries

● Anchorage-295,570 People

● Juneau-35,556 People

● Fairbanks-32,312 People

● Ketchikan-8,119 People

Major Cities

● Animal: Moose ● Bird: Alaska Willow Ptarmigan ● Fish: King Salmon ● Flower: Wild Native Forget-Me-Not ● Motto: “North to the future”

Alaska State Symbols

● Oil, natural gas,mining and other natural resources, fish and game

● Forestry mainly of Hemlock and Sitka spruce.

Natural Resources

● University of Alaska Anchorage

● University of Alaska Fairbanks

● University of Alaska Southeast

● Alaska Pacific University

Major Colleges

● Sarah Palin

● Balto

● Joe Juneau

Famous Natives

● Over 100 volcanoes

● Make up 80% of all active volcanoes in the U.S.

● Active since last 2 million years.

Volcanoes

www.wildalaskatravel.com www.en.wikepedia.org www.destination360.com www.toursaver.com www.planningyournexttrip.com www.worldatlas.com www.travel.nationalgeographic.com www.en.wikipedia.org www.awesomealaska.com www.uaa.alaska.edu

Citations

www.en.wikipedia.org www.askville.amazon.com www.research.stlouisfed.org www.alaskaphotographics.com www.flickriver.com

Citations