Alaska Definition–noun | 1. | a state of the United States in NW North America. 400,481; 586,400 sq. mi. (1,519,000 sq. km). Capital: Juneau. Abbreviation: AK (for use with zip code), Alas. | | 2. | Gulf of, a gulf of the Pacific, on the coast of S Alaska. | |
From Dictionary
Related topics from BritannicaAlaska
constituent state of the United States of America. It lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent and is the largest peninsula in the Western Hemisphere. Its 591,004 square miles ...
Alaska Highway
road (1,523 miles [2,451 km] long) through the Yukon, connecting Dawson Creek, B.C., with Fairbanks, Alaska. It was previously called the Alaskan International Highway, the Alaska Military Highway, ...
Alaska Purchase
(1867), acquisition by the United States from Russia of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 square km) of land at the northwestern tip of the North American continent.Alaska Range
segment of the Pacific mountain system that extends generally northward and eastward in an arc for about 400 miles (650 km) from the Aleutian Range to the Yukon boundary in southern Alaska, U.S. ...
Alaska Peninsula
stretch of land extending southwest from mainland Alaska, U.S. It spreads for 500 miles (800 km) between the Pacific Ocean (southeast) and Bristol Bay, an arm of the Bering Sea. The volcanic Aleutian ...
Alaska Current
surface oceanic current, a branch of the West Wind Drift that forms a counterclockwise gyre in the Gulf of Alaska. In contrast to typical sub-Arctic Pacific water, Alaska Current water is ...
Alaska, University of
system of public land-, sea-, and space-grant universities in Alaska, U.S., with campuses (regional university centres) in Fairbanks (main campus), Anchorage, and Juneau (known as the University of ...
Alaska, Gulf of
broad inlet of the North Pacific on the south coast of Alaska, U.S. Bounded by the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island (west) and Cape Spencer (east), it has a surface area of 592,000 square miles ...
Alaska earthquake of 1964
earthquake that occurred in south-central Alaska on March 27, 1964, with a Richter scale magnitude of 9.2. It released at least twice as much energy as the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and was ...
Trans-Alaska Pipeline
pipeline that connects the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, with the harbour at Valdez, 800 miles (1,300 km) to the south. |
Related topics from TechnoratiBritney worst, Palin best celeb people want as neighbours
Britney Spears is No. 1 on list of celebrities people don't want next door while Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been named the most desirable neighbour.Britney worst, Palin best celeb people want as neighbours
Britney Spears is No. 1 on list of celebrities people don”t want next door while Alaska governor Sarah Palin has been named the most desirable neighbour. The pop star landed the top spot in the Zillow.com poll, reports the New York Daily News. Some 2,000 people were questioned for the real-estate site’’s survey, and one in five said they wouldn”t want to live near Spears. Comedian Rosie O”Donnell came second. Joe the Plumber of 2008 election fame, Lindsay Lohan, Pacman Jones and disgraced exMost viewed internet video’s of 2008 were…
SARAH PALIN was unsuccessful this year in her bid to become the next vice president of the United States, but she was certainly a hit on the Internet. Between TINA FEY’s spot-on imitation of the Alaska governor and Palin herself appearing on Saturday Night Live, she’s made a lasting impression on the Web. Palin is well-represented in the Associated Press’ top 10 viral videos of 2008:1. Tina Fey As Sarah Palin — More people watched Fey’s impressions of Palin on NBC.com and Hulu.com than on TV. Lefty-dupe Calls Palin Goof
-By Warner Todd Huston In the Chicago Sun-Times’ Top Year-ends from its bottom rear-end today, columnist Richard Roper picked Governor Sarah Palin as his top GOOF for 2008… yet got owned himself by awarding her his dubious distinction based on at least one lie and a few dubious assumptions. Roper, a man that clearly imagines himself the living embodiment of the lead character on Seinfeld, lapsed into the most supreme case of hyperbolic overload in his description of why he thinks Sarah PalinLefty-dupe Calls Palin Goof
Lefty-dupe Calls Palin Goof Posted by Warner Todd Huston on Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:32:02 AM In the Chicago Sun-Times' Top Year-ends from its bottom rear-end today, columnist Richard Roper picked Governor Sarah Palin as his top GOOF for 2008... yet got owned himself by awarding her his dubious distinction based on at least one lie and a few dubious assumptions. Roper, a man that clearly imagines himself the living embodiment of the lead character on Seinfeld, lapsed into the most sup5 Hawaii Whale Watching Tips For An Unforgettable Adventure
by katie George Each year, the Humpback Whales migrate around 4,000 miles, from summer feeding grounds in Alaska, to mate in Hawaii’s warm waters. During mating season, Humpback Whales are more active resulting in elevated surface activity which makes Hawaii a popular destination for whale watching. This exciting surface behavior, such as breaching and tail slaps, make for exciting whale watching in Hawaii. As a Hawaii local and avid waterman, I have 5 simple tips that will help you get the mWhat Change Will Come
By Miryam Ehrlich Williamson Message on Barack Obama’s web site. In the passage from which Barack Obama often quotes the words, “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” the speaker, thought to have been a Hopi elder, also said, There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold on to the shore. They will feel they are torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elAlaska Aces Eke Out 3-2 Win Over the Stockton Thunder
Alaska Aces Eke Out 3-2 Win Over the Stockton Thunder Thursday, January 1, 2009 at 04:55AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Scott Burt scored the game-winner at 2:16 of overtime as Alaska closed out 2008 with a 3-2 victory over Stockton before 5,193 Wednesday at Sullivan Arena ... Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2008
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2008 This is one my favorite events of the year. The results are in. I like that they tell you why they think these folks are corrupt…and they pull from both sides of the isle. Enjoy! Source Contact: Press Office 202-646-5188 Washington, DC — December 31, 2008Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2008 list of Washington’sAutism Vox 2008 in Review: August-December
Happy 2009! We’re leaving tonight on the red-eye to go back from the Bay Area to New Jersey so, in the interest of being able to spend more time in the California sunshine with my guys and my parents, and since it is, indeed 2009, a few more highlights from 2008. August means one thing in my household—-two weeks at the beach, at the Jersey Shore. Not surprisingly, it was still impossible to avoid talk about vaccines. A new clinical trial of the GFCF diet was announced. While people have strong
Happy New Year! Beat it, Mofo, and don't come 'round here no mo. I so wanted to sit down and do the proper research and create for my readers a compendium of 2008's nuttiest political moments, but the list grew so huge I became discouraged. Besides, it's not just the last annum horribilis we are slithering away from; 2009 brings us the final days of the abysmal Bush years. Compiling a list of Bush's greatest blunders would be easy. Simply review the daily news headlines for the lastBRAISED ONION AND BRIE GALETTE
Baked Alaska I was having friends over for dinner the Sunday after Christmas, and was cooking a beef tenderloin as the main course. I wanted to make a fairly simple dinner, and decided that instead of making appetizers first, then having a salad next, I would fix something that would be both an appetizer/first course and a salad. I remembered a recipe that Jerry from Jerry's Thoughts, Musings and Rants had given me. This fall, I purchased a bottle of Ver Jus from Terra Sonoma Food Company. I Two Hours and Fifteen Minutes Until a Below-Zero 2009
This morning my thermometer said it was -30 F. I’m taking a break from the all-night-movie-athon. We just finished Castle in the Sky (I’m a huge fan of Miyazaki’s films) and took a half-hour roller blade break before starting Nanny McPhee. In leiu of trying to fit my feet in kid-sized roller skates, I spent some time reading Feminist Mormon Housewives (a fascinating little place I like to peruse every now and then, surfed from there to this interesting article with plenty of parallels for ChrSarah Palin calls People magazine to inform them that Bristol, and baby daddy Levi, are NOT high school dropouts. WTF?
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hasn't yet said anything publicly about her 4-day-old grandson, Tripp, but she does want people to know that Tripp's parents – her eldest daughter Bristol and her fiancé Levi Johnston – are hard at work and keeping up with school."You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time," Palin told PEOPLE in a phone message Wednesday. "They are certainly not high school dropouts."The former vicI just have to say...
Holy Christ, it's 2009...Where did the decade go?If you'd asked me January first 1989 if I would still be on this earth (instead of in it) on January first 2009, I'd have given 50/50 odds (less if you'd asked me in 1994).1989 is officially "a long time ago", now, at 20 years. Hell, there were people voting this past election who weren't even alive then.After 10 years, the soviets left afghanistan; but we were still cleaning up the mess Carter left in Iran in '79 shooting down two Iranian fighterTendencias que nunca deberían volver
Decía Oscar Wilde que la moda es una forma de fealdad tan intolerable que nos vemos obligados a cambiarla cada seis meses, sin embargo algunas tendencias persisten pese a todo o vuelven del pasado bajo la apariencia de una modernidad mal entendida que desafías todas las leyes del buen gusto. No deja de sorprendernos que algunas prendas estrafalarias y poco favorecedoras se pusieran de moda en su día, pero aún más inverosímil es que diseñadores de prestigio y grandes marcas hayan vuelto a apoSarah Palin 2009 calendar most wanted over the festive period
The roller-coaster year 2008 might have seen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's U.S. vice-presidential bid failing and her unwed teen daughter giving birth to a son, butAP Attacks Gov. Palin EVEN in Birth Announcement of Grandson
AP Attacks Gov. Palin EVEN in Birth Announcement of Grandson Posted by Warner Todd Huston on Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:34:19 AM The Associated Press is classy, indeed. They can't even keep sniping at Sarah Palin out of a story announcing the blessed birth of her grandson. Ah, but wait, it gets even more annoying because not only did the AP snipe at Palin in its first birth announcement story, once called on it the AP went back twice to rearrange the piece rewriting history to make it sSarah Palin’s teen daughter ‘signs $300K deal with US mag for baby’s pics’
Sarah Palin’s teen daughter ‘signs $300K deal with US mag for baby’s pics’ Submitted by topnews on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 06:15. Featured Sarah Palin United States Washington, Jan 1 : Sarah Palin''s daughter Bristol has reportedly signed a 300,000 dollars deal with an American magazine for publishing the exclusive snaps of her newborn son. Following a fierce bidding war, an American weekly has snatched deal for first baby photos of the tot, reports Contactmusic. According to People magazine BristSarah, Bristol Palin on Tripp
December 31, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin has welcomed her first grandchild, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, born to Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston on December 27. “We are over the moon with the arrival of this healthy, beautiful baby,” Governor Palin said. “The road ahead for this young couple will not be easy, but nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Bristol and Levi are committed to accomplish what millions of other young parents have accomplished, to provide a loving and s |
|
|
|
