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Alaska
A holiday that was alas too short!
by Daphne Gonzalvez
Question: What was the last great real estate bargain in the world?
Answer: Alaska!
In 1867 the US bought the whole state of Alaska from Russia for 2 cents an acre.
Alaska is not only at the top, it's over the top! The statistics are numbing:
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Alaska is twice as big as Texas
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At Barrow the sun rises on May 10 and sets on August 2. That's an 84-day day.
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Alaska has 100,000 glaciers covering 30,000 square miles
Australia and Alaska have a link—Captain Cook. Our plane took off over Sydney's Botany Bay, which Captain Cook discovered. In a later voyage, he explored Alaska. He visited the Cook Inlet, where Anchorage is now located. We spent several pleasant days at Anchorage, and even lived in the Captain Cook hotel.
