Презентация на тему Alaska

States in land area at 663,268 square miles. Counting

territorial waters, Alaska is larger than the combined area of the next three largest states: Texas, California, and Montana. It is also larger than the combined area of the 22 smallest U.S. states.

thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples

to the area.
According to the 2011 American Community Survey, 82.4% of people over the age of five speak only English at home. About 3.5% speak Spanish at home. About 2.2% speak another Indo-European language at home and about 4.3% speak an Asian language at home

Religion Data Archives from 2010, about 34% of Alaska

residents were members of religious congregations. 100,960 people identified as Evangelical Protestants, 50,866 as Roman Catholic, and 32,550 as mainline Protestants. Roughly 4% are Mormon, 0.5% are Jewish, 1% are Muslim, 0.5% are Buddhist, and 0.5% are Hindu.

annual events are the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

that starts in Anchorage and ends in Nome.

contains about 98% of the U.S. brown bear population

and 70% of the total North American population.
The black bear is much smaller than the brown bear. They are found in larger numbers on the mainland of Alaska

along its Arctic coastlines.

subspecies of caribou. Caribou in Alaska generally are found

in tundra and mountain regions, where there are few trees. However, many herds spend the winter months in the boreal forest areas. Caribou are large-scale migratory animals and have been known to travel up to 50 miles (80 km) a day. The migratory activities of caribou are usually driven by weather conditions and food availability.

you experience every stage of the water cycle at

once. But there's magic in the Mendenhall Ice Caves, where water runs over rocks under blue ceilings inside a partially hollow glacier.
The Mendenhall Glacier is a 12-mile-long glacier in the Mendenhall Valley, located only 12 miles from downtown Juneau in Southeast Alaska.

researchers have noticed strange ancient trees standing upright in

the ice caves. Turns out that as it recedes, the glacier is unearthing forests which have been frozen for the last 1,000 years or so.

on earth to see the northern lights – colorful

bands of light that dance in the dark night sky. Travelers from all over the world come to Alaska each winter to see this stunning display.