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I will conducting a project on Alaska. In this project i will be covering 1A demostrating knowledge and appropriate use hijf sytems, software applications, and communication, and networking compnets. Also 7C planning and creating and editting d 7databases by defining feilds, entering data and desings layouts apporite for reporting. And 7D demostrating profiency in the use of multimedia authoring programs by creating linear or non-linear projects incorpating text audio viedo and graphics.

ALASKA-Alaska is one of the 50 states. It is not one of the contugoius states. Alaska is located northwest Canada. Alaska is the biggest state of all of the United States. About 500 miles of Canada land seperates Alaska from the3 contugious states. Alaska is the only state whose capital is accessible only ship or air. No roads connect Juneau to the rest of the Alaska. It issurronding land are Yukon Territory and British Columbia, Canada to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west, the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north. Alaska is the largest state in the United States the land area is 570,380 square miles, over twice as large as Texas, the next largest state. Alaska would cover Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado, and if the state's westernmost point were sets over San Francisco, California, its easternmost point would be in Jacksonville, Florida. Alaska also has more coastline than all of the contiguous U.S. combined.

The climate of Alaska, as would be expected given its location, is cold compared to the climate of the other 49 states; however, there is a great variety in the climate between the various regions, which one would also expect from a state as large as Alaska. Thunderstorms are uncommon in Alaska, and [|tornadoes] have been a very rare event. Snow, of course, occurs everywhere in Alaska, although the amount varies considerably. The climatic areas of Alaska can best be divided into the following regions with the largest city in each region being typical of the climate expected in that region: the southeast panhandle (Juneau), the South Central (Anchorage), Western Alaska (Nome), the interior (Fairbanks), and the North Slope (Barrow). The climate in Juneau and the southeast panhandle is best described as a "cooler version of [|Seattle]". On an annual basis, this is both the wettest and warmest part of Alaska with milder temperatures in the winter and high precipitation throughout the year. Juneau averages over 50 [|inches] of precipitation a year, while other areas receive over 275 inches.[|[3]] This is also the only region in Alaska in which the average daytime high temperature is above freezing during the winter months. The climate in south central Alaska, with Anchorage as a typical city, is mild by Alaskan standards. This is due in large part to its proximity to the coast. While it does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, it does get more snow, although days tend to be clearer here. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches of snow, although there are areas in the south central which receive far more snow. The climate of Western Alaska is determined in large part by the [|Bering Sea] and the [|Gulf of Alaska]. The temperature is somewhat moderate considering how far north the area is. This area has a tremendous amount of variety, especially when considering precipitation. The northern side of the Seward Peninsula is technically a desert (less 10 inches of precipitation annually), while some locations between Dillingham and Bethel average around 100 inches of precipitation.[|[3]] The climate of the interior of Alaska is best described as extreme. Some of the hottest and coldest temperatures in Alaska occur around the area near Fairbanks. The summers can have temperatures reaching into the 80's °F, while in the winter, the temperature can fall below −60° F. Precipitation is not much in the Interior, often less than 10 inches a year, but what precipitation falls in the winter tends to stay the entire winter. The highest and lowest recorded temperatures in Alaska are both in the Interior. The highest is 100°F in [|Fort Yukon] on June 27, 1915,[|[4]][|[5]] tied with [|Pahala, Hawaii] as the lowest high temperature in the United States.[|[6]][|[7]] The lowest Alaska temperature is −80°F in [|Prospect Creek] on January 23, 1971,[|[4]][|[5]] one degree above the lowest temperature recorded in North America (in [|Snag, Yukon, Canada]).[|[8]] The climate in the extreme north of Alaska is what would be expected for an area north of the [|Arctic Circle]: very cold in the winter and cool in the summer. Even in July, the average low temperature is barely above freezing in Barrow, at 34°F.[|[9]] Precipitation is light in this part of Alaska, with many places averaging less than 10 inches per year, mostly in the form of snow which stays on the ground almost the entire year.
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