Alaska
Land of glaciers
Alaska is the largest and northernmost U.S. state, separated from the contiguous states by Canada.
Purchased from Russia in 1867, it became the 49th state in 1959.
Alaska appears in expressions suggesting remoteness or extreme cold: They moved to Alaska to get away from it all.
Baked Alaska is a dessert of ice cream covered in browned meringue.
Large brown bear subspecies
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
- caribouNorth American arctic deer
- eagleLarge predatory bird
wolverine · lynx · halibut · orca · sealion · puffin · muskox · raven
Slow-moving ice mass
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
- snowfallPrecipitation of frozen crystals
freezing · frostbite · parka · windchill · tundra · iceberg · hypothermia · mukluks
Alaska's towering peak
- FairbanksCentral Alaskan city
- JuneauLargest U.S. state's capital
- SitkaSoutheast Alaska coastal town
- KodiakAlaskan island and bear
Kenai · Nome · Ketchikan · Valdez · Panhandle · tidewater · fjord · archipelago
grizzly
Large brown bear subspecies
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
- mooseLargest cervid, northern forests
- caribouNorth American arctic deer
eagle · wolverine · lynx · halibut · orca · sealion · puffin · muskox · raven · humpback
glacier
Slow-moving ice mass
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
snowfall · freezing · frostbite · parka · windchill · tundra · iceberg · hypothermia · mukluks · frost
Denali
Alaska's towering peak
Kodiak · Kenai · Nome · Ketchikan · Valdez · Panhandle · tidewater · fjord · archipelago · peninsula
goldrush
Mass migration seeking precious metal
- prospectorsMineral deposit searchers
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- settlersThose who establish homes
trappers · pioneers · territory · outpost · sourdough · Klondike · boomtown · statehood · remoteness · isolation
solstice
Day of maximum tilt
- subarcticZone south of Arctic
- AthabascanNorthern Native American linguistic group
- HaidaNorthwest Coast indigenous people
potlatch · totem · umiak · taiga · boreal · backcountry · untamed · roadless · vastness · expanse
- North AmericaUSA, Canada, United States, California, Texas
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- US StatesCalifornia, Texas, New York, Florida, Hawaii
- American DestinationsGrand Canyon, Yellowstone, Statue of Liberty, New York City, Las Vegas
- destinationsParis, Hawaii, Rome, Maldives, Santorini
- US PlacesNew York, California, Texas, Florida, Arizona
AlaskaRhode Island
Smallest American state
Delaware · New Jersey · Connecticut · Manhattan · New York City
AlaskaHawaii
Pacific island state
Florida · Arizona · Death Valley · Puerto Rico · Key West
AlaskaKansas
Central American plains state
continental United States · Nebraska · Texas · Iowa · California
- baked AlaskaTorched meringue over ice cream
- Alaska wildernessNorthernmost state's untouched lands
- Alaskan wildernessRemote northern state's wilds
- Alaskan HuskyNorthern working canine breed
- Alaskan crabLarge northern crustacean
- alaskan king crab