In September 2002, the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals adopted the proposal to list the South American fur seal on appendix II.

There were hundreds of ticks in its fur.

The University of Alaska has attempted to combat this by offering partial four year scholarships to the top 10 of Alaska high school graduates, via the Alaska Scholars Program.

The climate of Western Alaska is determined in large part by the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska.

One of the most prominent movies filmed in Alaska is MGM's Eskimo Mala The Magnificent , starring Alaska Native Ray Mala.

Alaska's court system has four levels the Alaska Supreme Court, the Alaska Court of Appeals, the superior courts and the district courts.

The Presidential Seal of Turkey is the official seal of the President of Turkey.

The Alaska Purchase was the United States' acquisition of Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 by a treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate.

Then, she was sold to a French Canadian fur trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau.

On the return trip, they encountered an Indian wearing a beautiful fur robe.

The area was attractive in the first instance because of the fur trading.

The ears are small, sparsely covered in hair, and hidden in the fur.

The climate of the interior of Alaska is subarctic.

The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska.

After his crew returned to Russia with sea otter pelts judged to be the finest fur in the world, small associations of fur traders began to sail from the shores of Siberia toward the Aleutian Islands.

The Russian Orthodox Church also sent missionaries to Alaska beginning in the 18th century, including Saint Herman of Alaska (died 1836), to minister to the Native Americans.

Alaska was officially proclaimed a state on January 3, 1959.

Barrow has the lowest average temperatures of cities in Alaska.

It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

So, Sacajawea agreed to trade her most precious possession, her beaded belt, for the fur.

It would become a major centre for the fur trade by the late 16th century.

Houston is a city in Matanuska Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States.

Puerto Rico was no more a colony than Alaska and Hawaii.

The entrepreneur might buy his wife a new fur coat or his workers a new production plant.

With over 100,000 glaciers, Alaska has half of all in the world.

Alaska also has the largest Quaker population (by percentage) of any state.

This wildflower is native to western North America from Arizona to Alaska.

The name is Dutch for seal island .

The species that live at higher elevations tend to have thicker fur than the monkeys at sea level.

Consider the events in Kailek, a village in south Darfur populated mainly by people of the Fur tribe.

Mainland expansion was completed by the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.

Geography Alaska has a longer coastline than all the other U.S. states combined.

The highest and lowest recorded temperatures in Alaska are both in the Interior.

After 1872, the cathedral came under the control of the Diocese of Alaska.

In 1900, Skagway was incorporated as the first city in the Alaska Territory.

Some state mottos are not official but are on the official state seal in these cases the adoption date of the seal is given.

The estimated SAD is sealed with inspector's personal seal, and the declarant signs and seals the document with the official seal of the organization.

A recording district is a mechanism for administration of the public record in Alaska.

The Alaska Native Heritage Center celebrates the rich heritage of Alaska's 11 cultural groups.

Colonies The first Russian colony in Alaska was founded in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska.

The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is developing a school curriculum based on aboriginal knowledge.

The Iroquois dominated the economically important Great Lakes fur trade and had been in conflict with New France since 1680.

Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, California.

The Great Seal was first used publicly in 1782.