Alaska is such an unheard of state, you barely hear it mentioned anywhere!
This is true! Alaska is actually the largest state in the United States. It is also the seventh largest subnational division globally. I would love to visit there.
I bet it is beautiful up there. How many people live there?
It is the third least populated of the United States. Most of the populous territory is north of the 60th parallel.
What's that, the 60th parallel?
The 60th parallel on the map. Approximately one half of the residents of Alaska live in the Anchorage area.
Oh I see, that must be a lot of people in a small area. How do they survive the cold? Do they farm?
Northern Canada and Greenland. Approximately half of Alaska's residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska's economy is dominated by the fishing, natural gas, and oil industries, resources which it has in abundance. United States armed forces bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.
In a deal known as Seward's Folly, The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867, for 7.2 million U.S. dollars at approximately two cents per acre ($4.74/km)
Unimak Island
Unimak Island () is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Geography.
It is the easternmost island in the Aleutians and, with an area of , the ninth largest island in the United States and the 134th largest island in the world. It is home to Mount Shishaldin, one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world. According to the United States Census Bureau, there were 64 people living on Unimak as of the 2000 census, all of