The Alaska Almanac: Facts About Alaska

by Graydon, Don

• ISBN13: 9780882405506
• ISBN10: 0882405500
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

This Silver Anniversary Edition of "The Alaska Almanac "RM" includes a fresh design, new entries, recipes, and tips on living in the Far North.

Table of Contents

Fast Facts About Alaska	5
Map of Alaska	6	(8)
Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Agriculture	9	(1)
Air Travel	10	(2)
Alaska-Canada Boundary	12	(1)
Alaska Highway	13	(1)
Alcoholic Beverages	14	(1)
Alyeska	15	(1)
Amphibians	15	(1)
Anchorage	15	(1)
Antiquities Laws	16	(1)
Archaeology	16	(1)
Arctic Circle	17	(1)
Arctic Winter Games	18	(1)
Aurora Borealis	18	(2)
Baldarka	20	(1)
Baleen	20	(1)
Barabara	20	(1)
Baranov, Alexander	20	(1)
Barrow	21	(1)
Baseball	21	(1)
Baskets	22	(1)
Beadwork	23	(1)
Bears	23	(2)
Bering, Vitus	25	(1)
Bering Land Bridge	26	(1)
Berries	26	(1)
Billiken	27	(1)
Birds	27	(3)
Blanket Toss	30	(1)
Boating	30	(2)
Bore Tide	32	(1)
Breakup	32	(1)
Bunny Boots	32	(1)
Bush	32	(1)
Bus Lines	32	(1)
Cabbage	33	(1)
Cabin Fever	33	(1)
Cabins	34	(1)
Cache	35	(1)
Calendar of Annual Events	36
Camping	35	(7)
Chamber of Commerce	42	(1)
Cheechako	43	(1)
Chilkat Blanket	43	(1)
Chilkoot Trail	44	(1)
Chitons	44	(1)
Climate	44	(4)
Coal	48	(1)
Conk	49	(1)
Constitution of Alaska	49	(1)
Continental Divide	50	(1)
Convention and Visitors Bureaus and Information Centers	50	(1)
Cook, Captain James	51	(1)
Coppers	51	(1)
Cost of Living	52	(2)
Courts	54	(1)
Cruises	55	(1)
Dalton Highway	56	(1)
Daylight Hours	57	(1)
Diamond Willow	57	(1)
Dog Mushing	57	(3)
Earthquakes	60	(2)
Economy	62	(1)
Education	63	(1)
Employment	64	(2)
Energy and Power	66	(1)
Eskimo Ice Cream	67	(1)
Exports	67	(1)
Fairbanks	67	(2)
Ferries	69	(2)
Fishing	71	(4)
Fish Wheel	75	(1)
Furs and Trapping	76	(1)
Geography	76	(1)
Glaciers and Ice Fields	77	(3)
Gold	80	(1)
Gold Strikes and Rushes	81	(1)
Golf	82	(1)
Government	82	(2)
Government Officials	84	(4)
Highways	88	(2)
Hiking	90	(1)
History	90	(4)
Holidays in 2002	94	(1)
Homesteading	94	(1)
Hooligan	94	(1)
Hospitals and Health Facilities	95	(1)
Hostels	96	(1)
Hot Springs	96	(1)
Hunting	97	(3)
Hypothermia	100	(1)
Icebergs	100	(1)
Ice Fog	101	(1)
Iceworms	101	(1)
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race	101	(3)
Igloo	104	(1)
Information Sources	104	(2)
Inside Passage	106	(1)
Inuit Circumpolar Conference	106	(1)
Islands	107	(1)
Ivory	107	(1)
Jade	108	(1)
Juneau	108	(1)
Kennecott, Kennicott	109	(1)
Kodiak	109	(1)
Kuspuk	110	(1)
Labor and Employer Organizations	110	(1)
Lakes	110	(1)
Land Use	110	(3)
Languages	113	(1)
Mammals	113	(4)
Masks	117	(1)
McNeil River State Game Sanctuary	118	(1)
Medal of Heroism	119	(1)
Metric Conversions	120	(1)
Microbreweries	121	(1)
Mileage Chart	121	(1)
Military	121	(2)
Minerals and Mining	123	(2)
Mosquitoes	125	(1)
Mountains	125	(1)
Mount McKinley	125	(4)
Mukluks	129	(1)
Muktuk	130	(1)
Museums, Cultural Centers, Exhibits, Historic Parks, Historical Societies and Repositories	130	(9)
Mushrooms	139	(1)
Muskeg	139	(1)
Musk-Oxen	139	(1)
National Forests	140	(2)
National Historic Places	142	(2)
National Parks, Preserves and Monuments	144	(1)
National Petroleum Reserve	145	(3)
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	148	(2)
National Wilderness Areas	150	(1)
National wildlife Refuges	151	(1)
Native Arts and Crafts	152	(1)
Native Peoples	153	(5)
Nenana Ice Classic	158	(2)
Newspapers and Periodicals	160	(3)
Nome	163	(1)
No-see-ums	164	(1)
0il and Gas	164	(4)
Oil Spill	168	(1)
Oosik	169	(1)
Parka	169	(1)
Permafrost	170	(1)
Permanent Fund	171	(1)
Pioneers' Homes	171	(1)
Pipeline	172	(2)
Place Names	174	(1)
Poisonous Plants	174	(1)
Political Parties	174	(1)
Populations and Zip Codes	175	(10)
Potlatch	185	(1)
Qiviut	185	(1)
Radio Stations	185	(3)
Railroads	188	(1)
Regions of Alaska	189	(3)
Religion	192	(1)
Reptiles	193	(1)
Rivers	193	(1)
Roadhouses	194	(1)
Rocks and Gems	194	(1)
Russian Alaska	195	(1)
Russian Christmas	196	(1)
Salmon Strips	196	(1)
School Districts	196	(1)
Seward	196	(1)
Seward, William H.	197	(1)
Shipping	197	(1)
Sitka	198	(1)
Sitka Slippers	199	(1)
Skagway	199	(1)
Skiing	200	(2)
Skin Sewing	202	(1)
Skookum	202	(1)
Soapstone	202	(1)
Soldotna	202	(1)
Sourdough	203	(1)
Speed Limits	203	(1)
Spruce Bark Beetle	203	(1)
State Forests	204	(1)
State Park System	204	(1)
State Symbols	205	(3)
Subsistence	208	(1)
Sundogs	209	(1)
Taiga	209	(1)
Talkeetna	209	(1)
Telecommunications	210	(2)
Telephone Numbers in the Bush	212	(1)
Television Stations	212	(1)
Tides	213	(1)
Timber	213	(1)
Time Zones	214	(1)
Totems	214	(2)
Tourism	216	(1)
Trees and Shrubs	216	(1)
Tundra	217	(1)
Ulu	217	(1)
Umiak	218	(1)
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor	218	(1)
Universities and College	218	(2)
Veniaminov loann	220	(1)
Volcanoes	220	(1)
Waves	221	(1)
Whales	222	(1)
Whaling	223	(1)
Wildfires	224	(1)
Wildflowers	225	(1)
Windchill Factor	225	(1)
Winds	226	(1)
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics	226	(2)
World War II	228	(1)
Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race	229	(1)
Yukon River	230	(3)
Yearly Highlights, 2000-2001	233	(1)
Suggested Readings	234	(1)
Index	235