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

The climate of the interior of Alaska is subarctic.

The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Some of the highest and lowest temperatures in Alaska occur around the area near Fairbanks.

Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, and the tenth wealthiest (per capita income).

Small isolated groups of hunter gatherers migrated alongside herds of large herbivores far into Alaska.

It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska.

Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, in the U.S. State of Alaska.

The island has been part of the United States since the Alaska Purchase of 1867.

It is this that fuels a chain of volcanoes, such as the Aleutian Islands, near Alaska.

A line from Point Barrow, Alaska () to the Northernmost point of Wrangel Island (179 30'W).

Whittier is a city in the Valdez Cordova Census Area, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Alaska also offers some of the highest hydroelectric power potential in the country from its numerous rivers.

The 2007 film directed by Sean Penn, Into The Wild , was partially filmed and set in Alaska.

Johnston's first experience with active volcanoes was a geophysical survey of Mount Augustine in Alaska in 1975.

Wasilla is a city in Matanuska Susitna Borough, United States and the sixth largest city in Alaska.

LIDLIP also raised the issue of self determination in connection with the peoples of Alaska and Hawaii.

In cold waters, however, recovery takes much longer, as the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989 demonstrated.

The climate in the extreme north of Alaska is Arctic () with long, very cold winters and short, cool summers.

Cost of living The cost of goods in Alaska has long been higher than in the contiguous 48 states.

The range includes the territory of five nations Denmark (Greenland), Norway (Svalbard), Russia, the United States (Alaska) and Canada.