Alaska Information Sheet, DR-314

There are more active glaciers and ice fields in Alaska than in the rest of the inhabited world. The largest glacier is the Malaspina at 850 square miles. Five percent of the state, or 29,000 square miles, is covered by glaciers.

Farmed seafood. Flickr - Judi Knight. Or buying fish in general. Flickr - Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Even feeding your dogs farmed fish. Eating hot dogs. Camping without a view. Snacking on chips from the lower 48. Shopping at big corporate box stores. Drinking wine that isn't from Alaska.

Alaska is absolutely safe to travel through as a touristas long as you're well-informed.I've flown in them, but around here they say that there are only good pilots in Alaska since the bad ones weed themselves out. Be careful on the Seward highway just outside of Anchorage.

Alaska is big. Our 586,412 square miles are bigger than Texas, California, and Montana combined. We've got lots of mountains. We have a lot of beach front property. Ice is nice. We have the only temperate rainforest in the United States. Not many people live here. We have our own holidays. I don't know, Juneau?

7 Things to Know About Alaska. So you are going on a trip to Alaska. The climate is dry. The sun doesn't come out much in winter. There are lots of wild animals. Cellphone signals are often weak. Gas stations are rare outside of cities. Earthquakes happen. Things are more expensive in Alaska.

Alaska has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in North America. Denali, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest mountain in North America. We have a lot of beach front property. Alaska has more than 47,300 miles of shoreline.

There are 20 highest mountain peaks in the United States. Alaska has about 100,000 glaciers, covering 5% of the state. The Northern Lights can be seen in Fairbanks 243 days a year. Anchorage's Lake Hood is the world's largest and busiest seaplane base. In Alaska, there is approximately 1 bear to every 21 people.

Here are the weirdest laws in Alaska that technically can still get you thrown in jail! It is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting. You can be sure that living in Alaska is never boring!It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.

Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959. Alaska's most important revenue source is the oil and natural gas industry. Alaska accounts for 25% of the oil produced in the United States.Prudhoe Bay, on the northern Alaskan coast, is North America's largest oil field.