The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska,9780882406053

The Alaska Almanac: Facts about Alaska

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Edition: 29th
ISBN13: 9780882406053
ISBN10: 0882406051
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-11-30
Publisher(s): Ingram Pub Services
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Summary

Still leading the pack! Now in its 29th edition, The Alaska Almanac remains Alaska's favorite factbook. Updated annually with facts and figures on geography, history, economy, sports, cultures and peoples of the Last Frontier, this information-packed little volume is the answer book for Alaskans and visitors alike.

Table of Contents

Fast Facts About Alaska 5(1)
Map of Alaska
6(2)
Acknowledgments 8(1)
Agriculture
9(1)
Air Travel
10(2)
Alaska--Canada Boundary
12(1)
Alaska Highway
13(1)
Alcoholic Beverages
14(1)
Alyeska
15(1)
Amphibians
15(1)
Anchorage
15(1)
Antiquities Laws
16(1)
Archaeology
16(1)
Arctic Circle
17(1)
Arctic Winter Games
17(1)
Aurora Borealis
18(2)
Baidarka
20(1)
Baleen
20(1)
Barabara
20(1)
Baranov, Alexander
20(1)
Barrow
21(1)
Baseball
21(1)
Baskets
22(1)
Beadwork
23(1)
Bears
23(2)
Bering, Vitus
25(1)
Bering Land Bridge
25(1)
Berries
26(1)
Billiken
27(1)
Birds
27(2)
Blanket Toss
29(1)
Boating
29(1)
Bore Tide
30(1)
Breakup
31(1)
Bunny Boots
31(1)
Bush
32(1)
Bus Lines
32(1)
Cabbage
32(1)
Cabin Fever
33(1)
Cabins
33(2)
Cache
35(1)
Calendar of Annual Events
36
Camping
35(6)
Chambers of Commerce
41(2)
Cheechako
43(1)
Chilkat Blanket
43(1)
Chilkoot Trail
44(1)
Chitons
44(1)
Climate
44(1)
Coal
45(3)
Conk
48(1)
Constitution of Alaska
49(1)
Continental Divide
49(1)
Convention and Visitors Bureaus and Information Centers
49(1)
Cook, Captain James
50(1)
Coppers
51(1)
Cost of Living
51(2)
Courts
53(2)
Cruises
55(1)
Dalton Highway
56(1)
Daylight Hours
56(1)
Diamond Willow
57(1)
Dog Mushing
58(1)
Earthquakes
59(2)
Economy
61(1)
Education
62(1)
Employment
63(2)
Energy and Power
65(1)
Eskimo Ice Cream
66(1)
Exports
66(1)
Fairbanks
66(1)
Ferries
67(2)
Fishing
69(5)
Fish Wheel
74(1)
Furs and Trapping
74(1)
Geography
75(1)
Glaciers and Ice Fields
76(2)
Gold
78(2)
Gold Strikes and Rushes
80(1)
Golf
80(1)
Government
81(2)
Government Officials
83(4)
Highways
87(2)
Hiking
89(1)
History
89(4)
Holidays in 2006
93(1)
Homesteading
93(1)
Hooligan
94(1)
Hospitals and Health Facilities
94(2)
Hostels
96(1)
Hot Springs
96(1)
Hunting
97(2)
Hypothermia
99(1)
Ice
99(1)
Icebergs
99(2)
Ice Fog
101(1)
Iceworms
101(1)
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
102(1)
Igloo
103(1)
Information Sources
103(2)
Inside Passage
105(1)
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
106(1)
Islands
106(1)
Ivory
106(1)
Jade
107(1)
Juneau
107(1)
Kennecott, Kennicott
108(1)
Kodiak
108(1)
Kuspuk
109(1)
Labor and Employer Organizations
109(1)
Lakes
109(1)
Land Use
109(3)
Languages
112(1)
Mammals
112(4)
Masks
116(1)
McNeil River State Game Sanctuary
117(1)
Medal of Heroism
118(1)
Metric Conversions
119(1)
Microbreweries
120(1)
Mileage Chart
120(1)
Military
120(2)
Minerals and Mining
122(1)
Mosquitoes
123(1)
Mountains
124(1)
Mount McKinley
124(4)
Mukluks
128(1)
Muktuk
128(1)
Museums, Cultural Centers, Exhibits, Historic Parks, Historical Societies and Repositories
129(8)
Mushrooms
137(1)
Muskeg
138(1)
Musk Oxen
138(1)
National Forests
138(1)
National Historic Places
139(4)
National Parks, Preserves and Monuments
143(2)
National Petroleum Reserve
145(3)
National Wild and Scenic Rivers
148(1)
National Wilderness Areas
149(1)
National Wildlife Refuges
150(1)
Native Arts and Crafts
151(1)
Native Peoples
152(6)
Nenana Ice Classic
158(1)
Newspapers and Periodicals
158(5)
Nome
163(1)
No-see-ums
163(1)
Oil and Gas
163(5)
Oosik
168(1)
Parka
168(1)
Permafrost
169(1)
Permanent Fund
169(1)
Pioneers' Homes
169(2)
Pipeline
171(1)
Place-Names
172(1)
Poisonous Plants
172(1)
Political Parties
172(1)
Populations and Zip Codes
173(1)
Potlatch
173(1)
Qiviut
173(9)
Radio Stations
182(4)
Railroads
186(1)
Regions of Alaska
187(4)
Religion
191(1)
Reptiles
191(1)
Rivers
191(2)
Roadhouses
193(1)
Rocks and Gems
193(1)
Russian Alaska
193(1)
Russian Christmas
194(1)
Salmon Strips
194(1)
School Districts
194(1)
Seward
194(1)
Seward, William H.
195(1)
Shipping
195(2)
Sitka
197(1)
Sitka Slippers
198(1)
Skagway
198(1)
Skiing
198(2)
Skin Sewing
200(1)
Skookum
200(1)
Soapstone
200(1)
Soldotna
201(1)
Sourdough
201(1)
Speed Limits
201(1)
Spruce Bark Beetle
201(1)
State Forests
202(1)
State Park System
202(1)
State Symbols
203(4)
Subsistence
207(1)
Sundogs
208(1)
Taiga
208(1)
Talkeetna
208(1)
Telecommunications
208(2)
Telephone Numbers in the Bush
210(1)
Television Stations
210(1)
Tides
211(1)
Timber
212(1)
Time Zones
213(1)
Totem Poles
213(1)
Tourism
214(1)
Trees and Shrubs
215(1)
Tundra
215(1)
Ulu
216(1)
Umiak
216(1)
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
216(1)
Universities and Colleges
217(1)
Veniaminov, loann
218(1)
Volcanoes
219(1)
Waves
220(1)
Weather
220(1)
Whales
220(2)
Whaling
222(1)
Wildland Fires
222(2)
Wildflowers
224(1)
Windchill Factor
224(1)
Winds
225(1)
World Eskimo---Indian Olympics
225(2)
World War II
227(1)
Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race
228(1)
Yukon River
228(1)
Zip Codes
229(1)
Yearly Highlights, 2004--2005 230(2)
Suggested Reading 232(1)
Index 233

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