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laska is a condition of the United States (January 3, 1959 happens to be the condition

number 49), placed in the extreme northwest of the American continent, with the capital
in Juneau. It was the penultimate one in joining to the United States, this way
substituting Texas as bigger of the nation. The Arctic and Pacific Ocean is surrounded
by the oceans, shares border with Canada, and is separated from Russia by Bering's
strait.

Alaska receives the name of the word aleutiano alyeska or alaxsxaq, that means " big
land ", or, more literally, " the object against which the action of the sea is directed ".
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The flag of Alaska represents, on blue bottom, the stars that form the constellation of
the Great Bear and, in the top right corner, the Pole Star.

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The climate presents different types, according to the region. The western coast
possesses an oceanic climate, whereas the rest of the condition presents a continental
and Arctic climate.
Taiga in Alaska.

In Juneau, the capital, and in the south-east half the climate is oceanic, whereas it is
Arctic in the north half. In general, this zone is the most humid and hot, simultaneously,
of Alaska with soft temperatures in winter and high places levels of rainfall throughout
the year. Anchorage's climate, the city most filled with Alaska, and of the central and
south part of the condition it is soft due to the proximity of the sea. The climate of the
west of Alaska is determined by Bering's sea and the gulf of Alaska. In the southwest
one gives a subArctic oceanic climate and in the north it is subArctic continental.

he public education in Alaska was practically disregarded after the purchase of this one
by the United States until, in 1877, the first primary school was created. In 1878 there
was established the first institution of top education, the Sheldon Jackson College, in
Sitka. Later, other educational centers were created, as the School of Agriculture and
the College of Mines, in Fairbanks (1923). This institution was the core of the future
University of Alaska, founded in 1935; since then, it has centred on the studies of
sciences and engineering, and today it is one of few centers of investigation specialized
in the ocean The Arctic. Another center of top studies distinguished from this condition
is the University Alaska Pacific.

Alaska relies on numerous libraries that they assemble important

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