20 Weird But True Alaskan Facts

1. There is a town (Talkeetna) in Alaska that has a cat as their mayor for 15 years.
2. More money was spent on buying Central Park’s land than buying all of Alaska
3. There is a pizza company in Nome, Alaska that delivers pizza by plane.
4. A man legally named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska
5. Alaska has a longer coastline than all of the other U.S. states combined.
6. Every year each Alaskan resident gets paid just for living in the state.
7. The northern lights actually make noise, but it is rare to be able to hear them.
8. More than half of the world’s glacier can be found in Alaska
9. Giant vegetables are common in Alaska due to the extremely long, sunny summer days.
10. About 52% of Alaskans are men- the highest percentage of any state
11. Alaska has no plants that are poisonous to the tough
12. Dog mushing is the official state sport
13. Moose, caribou and bear killed by cars in Alaska are considered property of the state. You can report roadkill and volunteers will come and butcher it and it’s distributed as food to charity organizations.
14. Juneau is the only US state capital that can’t be accessed by roads
15. Many hotels in Alaska offer “Northern Light” wake-up calls upon request.
16. Alaska has more than 100 volcanoes
17. One of every 58 Alaskans is a registered pilot.
18. Of the 20 highest peaks is the US, 17 of them are in Alaska. Denali formally known as Mt. McKinley being the highest peak in North America at 20,320 ft above sea level.
19. Alaska largest lake is roughly the size of Connecticut
20. Alaska is less than 50 miles away from Russia. It’s less than 3 miles away if you count the Alaskan owned island and Russian owned island.