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The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023). On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
Alaska is the least densely populated state, and one of the most sparsely populated areas in the world, at 1.2 inhabitants per square mile (0.46/km 2), with the next state, Wyoming, at 5.8 inhabitants per square mile (2.2/km 2). Alaska is by far the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income).
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ( ANWR, pronounced as “ ANN-warr ”) or Arctic Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States, on traditional Iñupiaq and Gwich'in lands. The refuge is 19,286,722 acres (78,050.59 km 2) of the Alaska North Slope region, with a northern coastline and vast inland forest, taiga ...
Pebble Mine is the common name of a proposed copper -gold- molybdenum mining project in the Bristol Bay region of Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna and Lake Clark. [1] It was discovered in 1987, optioned by Northern Dynasty Minerals in 2001, explored in 2002, and drilled from 2002-2013 with discovery in 2005.
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. / 67.783°N 153.300°W / 67.783; -153.300. Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is an American national park that protects portions of the Brooks Range in northern Alaska. The park is the northernmost national park in the United States, situated entirely north of the Arctic Circle.
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The Tongass National Forest. The Tongass National Forest ( / ˈtɒŋɡəs /) in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at 16.7 million acres (26,100 sq mi; 6,800,000 ha; 68,000 km 2 ). Most of its area is temperate rain forest and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna.
The Alaska Permanent Fund ( APF) is a constitutionally established permanent fund managed by a state-owned corporation, the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation ( APFC ). [1] It was established in Alaska in 1976 [2] by Article 9, Section 15 of the Alaska State Constitution [3] under Governor Jay Hammond and Attorney General Avrum Gross.