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Portal:Alaska/Selected article/3 . The Akutan Zero is inspected by US Navy personnel on Akutan Island on July 11, 1942.. The Akutan Zero, also known as Koga's Zero and the Aleutian Zero, was a type 0 model 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero Japanese fighter plane that crash-landed on Akutan Island, Alaska Territory, during World War II.
The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by 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.
Mount Bradley in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, 2014. The borough seat is Palmer, [4] and the largest community is the census-designated place of Knik-Fairview, Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 107,081, up from 88,995 in 2010. It is the fastest growing subdivision in Alaska. [5]
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
In Darkest Alaska: Travel and Empire along the Inside Passage (2008) Chandonnet, Fern. Alaska at War, 1941–1945: The Forgotten War Remembered (2007) Gruening, Ernest (1967). The Battle for Alaska Statehood. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks. ISBN 0-912006-12-9. Gruening, Ernest (1954). The State of Alaska. Random House, New York. ASIN ...
Traffic & Transit Unlimited OMNY Subway, Bus Fare Taps Start After 12 Trips: MTA The long-awaited fare capping pilot starts Feb. 28 and will last at least four months, along with $5 in-city ...
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA) is a special service district responsible for providing public transportation throughout the Wasatch Front of Utah, in the United States, which includes the metropolitan areas of Ogden, Park City, Provo, Salt Lake City and Tooele.
The roads in Utqiagvik are unpaved due to the permafrost. No roads connect the city to the rest of Alaska. [75] Utqiagvik is served by Alaska Airlines with passenger jet service at the Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport to and from Anchorage and Fairbanks. New service between Fairbanks and Anchorage began from Era Aviation on June 1, 2009.