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Alaska is 277 times the size of my home state of Delaware
Alaska is the northern, eastern and western most state in the U.S.
The largest number of tourists each year are from Germany and 2nd-Japan.
The largest employer in the state is the Military, next is Federal Gov't .
Alaska is the state with the highest number of people who walk to work.
Leading exports are Seafood, Minerals, Energy, Fertilizer and Wood
Annual percipitation in Fairbanks is 11 ", Interior snow is 30 "
The highest snow total in Fairbanks was in 1992 with 146" of snow.
The strongest earthquake recorded in the interior was a
7.9 on the Denali Fault
State nicknames for the seasons:Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, Not Winter.
Alaska has the same amount of sunlight as anywhere else on earth (4380 hours).
it is just distributed differently
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