The first virtual trip of this year is to Alaska. It's the largest state in the U.S. by area. It's situated in the Northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the East, the Artic Ocean to the North and the Pacific Ocean to the West and South, with Russia further West across the Bering Strait.
Approximately half of Alaska's 710,231 residents (as per 2010 United States census) live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska is the least densely populated state of the U.S. .
Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined. It's the only non-contigous U.S. state on continental North America. The capital city, Juneau, is situated on the mainland of the North American continent, but it's not connected by road to the rest of the North American highway system.
Alaska has no official languages. English is spoken by 89.7% of the population, Native North American by 5.2% and Spanish by 2.9%.
You can find further info on www.travelalaska.com
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