Alaska
state, United States
- Capital:
- Juneau
- Population:
- (2020) 733,391; (2023 est.) 733,406
- Governor:
- Michael J. Dunleavy (Republican)
- Date Of Admission:
- January 3, 1959
- U.S. Senators:
- Lisa Murkowski (Republican)
- Daniel Sullivan (Republican)
Recent News
May 15, 2024, 4:42 PM ET (AP)
Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race
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Cruise ship worker accused of stabbing 3 people with scissors on board vessel bound for Alaska
Apr. 27, 2024, 10:05 PM ET (AP)
Body of climber recovered after 1,000-foot fatal fall on Alaska peak
Apr. 27, 2024, 9:14 PM ET (AP)
Alaska's Indigenous teens emulate ancestors' Arctic survival skills at the Native Youth Olympics
Apr. 24, 2024, 7:38 PM ET (AP)
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Alaska, constituent state of the United States of America. It was admitted to the union as the 49th state on January 3, 1959. Alaska lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent, and the Alaska Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Because the 180th meridian passes through the state’s Aleutian Islands, Alaska’s westernmost portion is in the Eastern Hemisphere. Thus, technically, Alaska is in both hemispheres. Alaska is bounded by the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north, Canada’s Yukon territory and British Columbia province to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and ...(100 of 8632 words)