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Hello from the Last Frontier!
We are a 4th/5th grade
class from Eagle River, Alaska,
a little bit
north of our state’s largest city, Anchorage. It’s not the capital, though – Juneau
is. Alaska
is the largest state in the USA,
but we don’t have the most people. In
fact, we have more caribou (over a million) than people!
Other animals in our state are moose, bears,
eagles, and wolves. Our summer days are
long, with close to 20 hours of daylight, but it rarely gets warmer
than 70
degrees. Winters are cold (below zero
and LOTS of snow!) and dark. Even though
we get a lot of snow, we don’t live in igloos!
Alaska is a
fun place to
live. We enjoy camping, fishing, berry
picking, hockey, and skiing. Our state
sport is dogsled racing and the Iditarod is a famous race held every
March. Mt.
McKinley, the second
tallest
mountain on Earth, is about 5 hours north of us, and the mountains near
our
school are covered with snow already. We
hope you learn a lot and enjoy all of your postcards! From your friends
in Mrs.
Romine’s Class
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