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| Alaska's Flag |
| Written by Marie Drake |
| Composed by Elinor Dusenbury |
| Eight stars of gold on a field of blue - |
| Alaska's flag. May it mean to you |
| The blue of the sea, the evening sky, |
| The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby; |
| The gold of the early sourdough's dreams, |
| The precious gold of the hills and streams; |
| The brilliant stars in the northern sky, |
| The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high, |
| The great North Star with its steady light, |
| Over land and sea a beacon bright. |
| Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear, |
| The simple flag of a last frontier. |
| Alaska |
| is the largest state in the Union. |
| It is 1/5th the size of the lower 48 states, 488 times larger |
| than Rhode Island, 2 1/2 times larger than Texas, and larger |
| than the next three largest states in the US combined. |
| Alaska |
| contains 586,412 square miles or roughly 365 million acres. |
| North to South it stretches over 1,420 miles, from East to |
| West it spans over 2,400 miles. More than 3000 rivers run |
| through the state, connecting more than 3,000,000 lakes, |
| and it has over 47,000 miles of coastline. |
| Alaska |
| is the last great wilderness in the U.S.A. The hand of man |
| has only touched about 160,000 of it's 365 million acres. |
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99.5 % of the state is still untouched wilderness.
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| My Mother and I |
| were one of the lucky few to make the trip of a lifetime to |
| experience Alaska, in the spring of 2000. The pages that |
| follow attempt to share the memories and discoveries we |
| were privileged to enjoy on our trip. |
| We racked up the pictures on our 6 day trip -- some 4 - 24 |
| exposure rolls of 35 mm film, 270 some digital camera pics |
| and 1/2 hour * of video cam footage later, I am still sorting it |
| all out, so look for updates often on these pages in the |
| months to come. |
| * (OK, ok, so it was only 19 minutes of camera footage, |
| and 11 minutes of the bottom of the boat ! Sheesh !) |
| Join
us on our journey !
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| By Day | By Location |
| Sunday | Matanuska Glacier |
| Monday | Portage Glacier |
| Tuesday | Big Game Alaska |
| Wednesday | Whittier |
| Thursday | Prince William Sound |
| Friday | Kenai Peninsula |
| Trapper Creek | |
| Alaska Facts | |
| Denali | Chugach Range |
| Approximate Driving Distances | |
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