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About Alaska

History & culture

A statue of a gold miner stands near the Old St. Joseph's Church in Nome. The church was built in 1901 and was later used as a storage building for a mining company.

Although Alaska's statehood is relatively brief, the state's history is long and colorful.

Shopping

Authentic arts and crafts created by Alaska Natives often are marked with a Silver Hand tag.

From T-shirts to salmon-skin wallets, from picture books to diamond-willow walking sticks.

Moving to Alaska

Container ships bring vehicles and goods to the Port of Anchorage.

Moving to Alaska can be a big adventure.

Education in Alaska

The Great Room at the new Consortium Library at the University of Alaska Anchorage features a ceiling almost 35 feet high. Now it houses a computer lab, but in the future it will be an open study area.

Alaska has a public university system, with three main campuses and 15 local branches across the state, and a vo-tech school.

Alaska FAQs

Alaska.com's users have asked many good questions about life and vacations on the Last Frontier. Here are some of them.

Alaska by the book

The dangerous life of fishermen, part of the Alaska legend, appears in many books about the state. Here, crewmen work a crab pot as the Aleutian Mariner takes a wave in the Bering Sea.

What's a vacation without a good book to read? When vacationing in Alaska, it might be a good idea to do some reading before arriving in the Great Land.

Weather & climate

Alaska's long, cool summer days are great for vegetables, such as this 85-pound cabbage being entered in the state fair at Palmer. (It finished in second place.)

Alaska is legendary for its winters -- but most visitors come in the summer, when the days are long and the temperatures are moderate.

Places in Alaska

National Parks

Mount McKinley is reflected in a pond just east of Wonder Lake in Denali National Park. The 20,320-foot mountain is the tallest in North America. One of the best ways to get to Wonder Lake is to ride one of the park's buses.

Alaska regions

Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, is seen just before sunset on a late March flightseeing trip. The south peak, right, is the summit at 20,320 feet; the north peak stands 19,470 feet high. Climbing season on the big mountain is May through July.

Alaska can be divided into five broad regions.

Cities & Villages

Two women enjoy the setting sun from Point Woronzof Overlook Park on Monday night as the warm glow reflected off the Anchorage skyline and Knik Arm behind them.

From Anchorage to Barrow. Explore Alaska's many communities.

Alaska Photos

Scenic

Sunrise paints the flanks of Mount McKinley with a warm glow in Denali National Park.

Activities

In just a couple of hours, a group led by Pat Volmer, a guide for Glacier City Snowmobile Tours in Girdwood, reached iceberg-studded Spencer Lake in a hidden valley deep in the Chugach Range.

Wildlife

Bull moose joust as part of their fall mating ritual in Anchorage. More than a dozen moose were seen at one time on an October day on a softball field in South Anchorage.

Places

The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord Church was built on a bluff overlooking Cook Inlet on the Kenai Peninsula in 1901.

Events

Miracle Dancers

Alaska headlines

Stevens returns to business as usual, sort of

Dipping for red gold

Anchorage commercial real estate looking up

First Nations will watch gas pipeline closely

Alaska Railroad to renovate historical shed to create office space

Alaska Airlines wants more miles for its flights

Mystery postcards set for special delivery

PFD checks could top $2,000

Caribou slaighter near Point Hope leaves calves stranded

Gloomy summer set for infamy