AlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States, covering 656,425
square miles. Alaska's treeless North Slope,
the area north of the Brooks Range, has average annual temperatures in the range
of 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 Celsius) and continuous permafrost up to 630 yards
thick. Alaska is 57 degrees of longitude wide, which equals the span of land from
Maine to Washington state. Land owned by private individuals and Native
corporations is about the same size as the area of Michigan; 27 states are smaller
than that. Alaska is home to the Kodiak grizzly, the largest brown bear on
earth, polar bears, whales and other massive mammals.
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