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TheLastFrontier最后的邊疆

TheLandoftheMidnightSun午夜陽(yáng)光之地(在白令地區(qū)，每年5月10日太陽(yáng)升起后在隨后的3個(gè)月里將不再落下；而每年11月18日日落之后當(dāng)?shù)鼐用駥⒂?個(gè)多月看不見太陽(yáng)冉冉升起)

1959年1月3日第49個(gè)加入美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)

the49thstateoftheU.S.onJanuary3,1959.

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AlaskaisthelargeststateoftheUnitedStatesofAmericabyarea;itissituatedinthenorthwestextremityoftheNorthAmericancontinent,withCanadatotheeast,theArcticOceantothenorth,andthePacificOceantothewestandsouth,withRussiafurtherwestacrosstheBeringStrait.ApproximatelyhalfofAlaska's683,478residentsresidewithintheAnchoragemetropolitanarea.Asof2007,Alaskaremainstheleastdenselypopulatedstate.

TheareathatbecameAlaskawaspurchasedfromtheRussianEmpireafterWesternUniondiscontinuedconstructionofitsfirstelectrictelegraphlinewhichranfromCalifornia,upthecoastofNorthAmerica,acrosstheBeringStrait,continuingtoMoscowandintotheEuropeantelegraphnetwork.Despite$3

millioninU.S.investmentfortheRussian-Americantelegraphexpedition,workceaseduponthecompletionofthecompetingTransatlantictelegraphcable.

TheU.S.realizedthepotentialofcontinuingthelinetoMoscowandsentSecretaryofStateWilliamH.SewardtonegotiatewiththeRussianAmbassadortofundtheremainingphasesofthetelegraphline.Russiadidnotseethepotentialinfunding,soAlaskawasofferedinexchangeforthevalueoftheRussian-Americantelegraph.TheRussiansfearedthatiftheydidnotsellRussianNorthAmerica,itwouldbetakenfromthembythewestwardexpansionoftheUnitedStatesandCanada.Theytriedtoplayonepotentialpurchaseroffagainsttheothertostartabiddingwar,butwerelargelyunsuccessful.

TheU.S.SenateapprovedthepurchaseofAlaskafromtheRussianEmpireonMarch30,1867,for$7.2

millionattwocentsperacre,aboutfivecentsperhectare.ThelandwentthroughseveraladministrativechangesbeforebecominganorganizedterritoryonMay11,1912andthe49thstateoftheU.S.onJanuary3,1959.Thename"Alaska"wasalreadyintroducedintheRussiancolonialtime,whenitwasusedonlyforthepeninsulaandisderivedfromtheAleutalaxsxaq,meaning"themainland"ormoreliterally,"theobjecttowardswhichtheactionoftheseaisdirected."ItisalsoknownasAlyeska,the"greatland,"anAleutwordderivedfromthesameroot.

AlaskaismuchlargerthanTexas,thenextlargeststate.Countingterritorialwaters,Alaskaislargerthanthecombinedareaofthenextthreelargeststates:Texas,California,andMontana.

阿拉斯加州（AlaskaState）是一個(gè)位于美國(guó)西北太平洋沿岸的州，第49個(gè)加入美利堅(jiān)合眾國(guó)的州，其也是美國(guó)最大的州、世界最大的飛地地區(qū)，該州的郵政縮寫是AK。“阿拉斯加”一名最可能源于阿留申語(yǔ)的“Alyeska”，意思是“很大的陸地”，阿拉斯加州東接加拿大的育空、英屬哥倫比亞，南鄰阿拉斯加灣、太平洋，西頻白令海、白令海峽、楚科奇海，北臨北冰洋。Geography

AlaskahasmorecoastlinethanalltheotherU.S.statescombined.Itistheonlynon-contiguousU.S.stateoncontinentalNorthAmerica.AlaskaisthusanexclaveoftheUnitedStates.Asitextendsintotheeasternhemisphere,itistechnicallyboththewestern-mostandeastern-moststateintheUnitedStates,aswellasalsobeingthenorthern-most.

州旗

藍(lán)底代表天空及州花勿忘我。北極星代表方位最北的阿拉斯加州的未來(lái)發(fā)展，而北斗七星則代表大熊座，象征力量。由13歲的BENNYBENSON在1927年設(shè)計(jì)。

州府

Juneau,Alaska'scapitalcity,thoughlocatedonthemainlandoftheNorthAmericancontinent,isinaccessiblebyland—noroadsconnectJuneautotherestoftheNorthAmericanhighwaysystem.朱諾（Juneau）。人口30,981,只可從水路或空中交通到達(dá)，無(wú)陸路相通。

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安克雷奇（Anchorage）。人口269,070（2002年，其中10.4％人口為原住民或帶有原住民血統(tǒng)）。

Stateflower:wild/nativeForget-Me-Not,ItisaperennialthatisfoundthroughoutAlaska.勿忘我,一種淺藍(lán)色小花，能適應(yīng)阿拉斯加境內(nèi)各種不同的氣候。

Statetree:SitkaSpruce

北美云杉,美國(guó)西加云杉

Itisasmall(15-17inches)Arcticgrousethatlivesamongwillows

andonopentundraandmuskeg.Plumageisbrowninsummer,changingtowhiteinwinter.

TheWillowPtarmiganiscommoninmuchofAlaska.

柳松雞,外形與雉雞相似，羽毛會(huì)隨著冬雪的來(lái)臨由淺棕色轉(zhuǎn)為雪白色。

Statebird:WillowPtarmiganStatefish:KingSalmon

王鮭阿拉斯加的水域可捕到超過(guò)100磅重的王鮭

Statefossil:WoollyMammoth

長(zhǎng)毛猛犸象

ValleyofTenThousand

Smokes萬(wàn)煙谷阿拉斯加州擁有70多座潛在的活火山。最近一個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)最劇烈的火山噴發(fā)是在1912年NOVARUPTA火山噴發(fā)，形成了著名的萬(wàn)煙谷（theValleyofTenThousandSmokes），現(xiàn)在它已成為KATMAI國(guó)家紀(jì)念館的一部分。

南極大冒險(xiǎn)EightBelow

導(dǎo)演：弗蘭克·馬歇爾FrankMarshall

主演：保羅·沃克PaulWalker

布魯斯·格林伍德BruceGreenwood

杰森·比格斯

類型：冒險(xiǎn)/劇情/動(dòng)作

出品：美國(guó)華特·迪士尼影片公司W(wǎng)altDisneyPictures

年代：1996別名：<<雪地迷蹤>>(阿拉斯加)地區(qū)：美國(guó)

導(dǎo)演：弗雷澤克拉克赫斯頓(FraserClarkeHeston)

編?。篈ndyBurg/ScottMyers類型：冒險(xiǎn)主要演員：

查爾頓赫斯頓

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索拉伯奇Hawaii

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StatesymbolMovie本州別名叫做“愛洛哈之州”AlohaState(夏威夷人向人問(wèn)候或離別之時(shí),常說(shuō)：“愛洛哈”其意義為愛).本州箴言:“守正義則存”

TheLifeOfTheLandIsPerpetuatedInRighteousness.

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TheStateofHawaiiisastateintheUnitedStates,locatedonanarchipelagointhecentralPacificOceansouthwestofthecontinentalUnitedStates.ThestatewasadmittedtotheUniononAugust21,1959,makingitthe50thstate.ItscapitalisHonoluluontheislandofOahu.Themostrecentcensusestimateputsthestate'spopulationat1,283,388.

ThisstateencompassesnearlytheentirevolcanicHawaiianIslandchain,whichcompriseshundredsofislandsspreadover1,500miles

位在太平洋中央的夏威夷群島，于地底火山脈之海面上共延伸了1523英里之長(zhǎng)。由火山所形成之8個(gè)主要島嶼、124個(gè)小島，于環(huán)繞在各島附近的礁巖、尖塔所組合而成。Niihau島（你好島）、可愛島、歐胡島、摩洛凱島、拉奈島、茂宜島、與夏威夷大島（西到東）?！癒ahoollaweii”（卡胡拉威）則為無(wú)人島。Topography

Anarchipelagosituatedsome2,000

mi(3,200

km)southwestoftheNorthAmericanmainland,HawaiiisthesouthernmoststateoftheUnitedStatesandthesecondwesternmoststateafterAlaska.OnlyHawaiiandAlaskaareoutsidethecontiguousUnitedStatesanddonotshareaborderwithanyotherU.S.state.

HawaiiistheonlystateoftheUnitedStatesthat:isnotgeographicallylocatedinNorthAmericagrowscoffeeiscompletelysurroundedbywateristotallyanarchipelagohasaroyalpalacedoesnothaveastraightlineinitsstateboundaryAlloftheHawaiianislandswereformedbyvolcanoeseruptingfromtheseafloorfromamagmasourcedescribedingeologicaltheoryasahotspot.

Thevolcanicactivityandsubsequenterosioncreatedimpressivegeologicalfeatures.TheBigIslandisnotableastheworld’ssecondhighestisland.

Becauseoftheislands'volcanicformation,nativelifebeforehumanactivityissaidtohavearrivedbythe"3W's":wind(carriedthroughtheair),waves(broughtbyoceancurrents),andwings(birds,insects,andwhatevertheybroughtwiththem).TheisolationoftheHawaiianIslandsinthemiddleofthePacificOcean,andthewiderangeofenvironmentstobefoundonhighislandslocatedinandnearthetropic,hasresultedinavastarrayofendemicfloraandfauna.

HawaiihasmoreendangeredspeciesandhaslostahigherpercentageofitsendemicspeciesthananywhereintheUnitedStates.Protectedareas

ThereareseveralareasinHawaiiunderthecontrolandprotectionoftheNationalParkService.Therearethreedesignatednationalhistoricalparks:1)KalaupapaNationalHistoricalParkinKalaupapa,Molokai,thesiteofaformercolonyforleprosypatients;2)Kaloko-HonokohauNationalHistoricalParkinKailua-KonaontheislandofHawaii;3)andPu'uhonuaoHonaunauNationalHistoricalParkinHonaunauontheislandofHawaii,thesiteofanancientHawaiianplaceofrefuge.OtherareasunderthecontroloftheNationalParkServiceincludeAlaKahakaiNationalHistoricTrailontheislandofHawaiiandtheUSSArizonaMemorialatPearlHarboronOahu.1)KipahulucoastalregionofHaleakalaNationalPark

2)Kaloko-HonokohauNationalHistoricalPark3)Pu'uhonuaoHonaunauNationalHistoricalParkinHonaunauHistory

HawaiiisoneoffourU.S.statesthatwereindependentpriortobecomingpartoftheUnitedStates,alongwiththeVermontRepublic(1791),theRepublicofTexas(1845),andtheCaliforniaRepublic(1846),andoneoftwo(Texaswasthe