5/28/2023 0 Comments A is for Alaska ; an ABC Book with Alaska Place Names for eac... by Kyle Forbush![]() But watch out! Alaska has over 40 active volcanoes. Much of the state is covered in a layer of permafrostpermanently frozen soiland it’s home to the largest glacier in North America. ![]() Along the southeast coast, you’ll even find rain forests. Alaska deserves its reputation for being cold. The taiga forest in the center of the state is filled with evergreen trees, lakes, and meadows. Visit Denali National Park to see its snow-capped celebrity, Denali-the tallest mountain in North America. The northern and western coasts are tundra landscapes: flat and treeless with whipping winds. Called the Bering Glacier, it’s 2,250 square miles, about the size of the state of Delaware. Much of the state is covered in a layer of permafrost-permanently frozen soil-and it’s home to the largest glacier in North America. The state is bordered by Canada on the east, the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean in the north, the Bering Sea and the Chukchi Sea in the west, and the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Alaska in the south.Īlaska deserves its reputation for being cold. ![]() Head north through the contiguous (that means connected) United States, cross into Canada, then go all the way west to get to Alaska, the largest state (in area) in the Union. ![]()
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