Frost Bytes - Alaska

I lived in Alaska for 11 years. I really enjoyed it and hope to return one day. I had tons of adventures, many of which are documented in thousands of photos I took while there.

	19 Mountains over 14,000 feet tall
	Highest point in North America, Mt. McKinley 20,320 feet tall
	More area than the 26 smallest states combined
	Purchased from Russia in 1867 for less than 2 cents per acre
	Longest days, 24 hours of daylight
	Longest nights, 24 hours of night
	More than 3 million lakes, larger than 25 acres
	586,400 square miles
	1/5 the land mass of the entire continental United States
	Almost two and a half times the size of Texas
	29 active volcanoes, half the world's total
	More coastline than the lower 48 states - 33,000 miles
	More than 1/2 of the world's glaciers
	One glacier alone is larger than Switzerland