
阿拉斯加
阿拉斯加 別名是“最后的荒野”。是位于美国西北太平洋沿岸的一个州,第49个加入美国合众国的州,也是美国面积最大的州,阿拉斯加北连北冰洋,南接太平洋,东与加拿大相邻,西则隔白令海峡与俄罗斯相望,西南有阿留申群岛绵延。 最长的白昼与黑夜 在白令地区,每年5月10日太阳升起后在随后的3个月里将不再落下;而每年11月18日日落之后当地居民将有2个多月看不见太阳冉冉升起。 Kotzebu和Barrow是阿拉斯加的两个爱斯基摩人社区。内陆区(INTERIOR)Yukon河是地球上最北的河,以编织珠饰品闻名于世。麦金利山是北美最高峰,四周被Denali国家保护公园环绕,公园内有许多野生动物如驯鹿、扁角鹿、多尔大角羊和灰熊等出没。中南区(SOUTHCENTRAL)阿拉斯加山脉将阿拉斯加湾的曲线清楚的勾勒出来,也形成了阿拉斯加中南区的外观。阿拉斯加州一半以上的居民都居住在此,这里有冰川、峡湾、路旁湖泊、平静的海滩和蕴育鲑鱼的河川,一年四季,美不胜收。东南区(SOUTHEAST)阿拉斯加东南区的内陆走廊是冰河切割地形,生长着铁杉和云杉。朱诺是阿拉斯加州的首都及第三大城市,崛起于淘金热时期; Sitka是俄裔美人的主要聚居地;Petersburg则保留了许多挪威伐木工人遗迹;在Skagway还可以生动再现一百年前的生活情况; Ketchikan号称拥有世界最多的图腾遗迹;在Haines的Chilkoot港则设有一个传统文化中心。这里是印第安人的故乡,其文化遗产主要反映在图腾、面篮编手艺和雕刻上。Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America. The Canadian administrative divisions of British Columbia and Yukon border the state to the east; its most extreme western part is Attu Island; it has a maritime border with Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas–the southern parts of the Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest. Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, the 3rd least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska's residents (the total estimated at 738,432 by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2015) 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. Military bases and tourism are also a significant part of the economy.
