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Just how big is Alaska?
571,951 sq mi. (1,4 81,353 sq km), equal to 1/5 of the continental United States.
Alaska is the farthest North, West, and East point of the United States. It crosses the international date line.
Purchased from Russia October 18, 1867 for two cents per acre ($7,200,000). Alaska joined the United States January 3, 1959 as the 49th State.
Click here to l earn more about the average distances from Alaska's larger cities.
Home
of the Arctic Man competition, Paxson, Alaska goes from a population
of 400 to over 13,000 for one weekendeach year.
The
Arctic Man is a combination downhill ski and snowmobile race where
the motto is "GO FAST or GO HOME."
From
a summit elevation of 5,800 feet, the skier starts and descends
1700 feet in less than two miles to the bottom of a narrow canyon.
There he meets up with his snowmobiling partner. The snowmobiler
meets the skier, on the go, with a tow rope and pulls the skier
2 1/4 miles uphill at top speeds of up to 86 mph. The skier and
the snowmobile then separate and the skier goes over the side of
the second mountain and drops another 1200 feet to the finish line.
The course record is 4 minutes 17 seconds.
News Star 2 joins the crowd to motorhomes that converge on Paxson each April to continue our coverage of this truly Alaskan event.
Night and Day in Alaska
Producers often wonder if they're going to have to deal with
24-hour darkness when coming to Alaska. The answer is-it depends
on where and when you go.
Click here to learn more about daylight in Alaska.
For information/scheduling about Alaska Mobile Productions or the News Star 2 Satellite Truck, please contact us. Trent McNelly Shirley Enzor For information on Post Production services through Syntax Alaska Production, please contact Tom Coomer at 907-762-9505 or tcoomer@ktuu.com
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