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= Alaska =

INFORMATION ABOUT ALASKA
The climate in Alaska is Arctic. Long and very cold winters, short and cool summers. Some of Alaska’s popular event is Iditarod Sled Dog Race, that start’s in Anchorage and ends in Nome.

SOME FACTS ABOUT ATHLETES
John Baker is a top 10 finisher at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Chad Bentz is a Major League Baseball pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Carlos Boozer rose to national fame during his collegiate career at Duke University.

Susan Butcher was the second female winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

C.C Sifsof earned a spot on the U.S.C team in 2006. She was scheduled to compete in Vancouer in 2010.

Rick Swenson is five- time winner of Iditarod.

Libby Riddles was the first woman, who won the Iditarod. Kikkan Randall is seven- time National Champion.

HUNTING
Alaska is a popular hunting destination. Hunters come from all over the world to hunt big game animals such as the brown bear, black bear, moose, and caribou. Mountain goat hunts are also quickly becoming a rising interest to hunters. The reason as to why Alaska is such a popular hunting destination is because it owns some of the world’s largest big game animals. Alaska’s species of brown bear and moose are the largest in the world. According to the Boone and Crockett Club, Alaska has a rich history of world record brown bear, moose, and caribou, taken by various hunters. Hunters are able to partake in an Alaskan hunt by obtaining hunting licenses and game tags, and also following the areas laws and regulations. The most common weapons among hunters are rifles, large handguns, and bows.

FISHING
A greater percentage of Alaska’s fish than residents of any other state. Alaska features several different types of fishing. The two most popular are salmon fishing and halibut fishing. Other common types of fishing are saltwater fishing, fly fishing, and ice fishing. Fishermen have a variety of fish that they can catch including: Salmon, Trout, Northern Pike, Arctic Char, Dolly Varden, and Grayling. Alaska Fishing Licenses are required by law in Alaska for both residents and non-residents.

RIVERS AND LAKES
With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz notes in his chapter on Alaska  "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes, and some 34,000 miles of coastal shoreline numbers that stagger the imagination, underscore the wealth of opportunities for anglers, and translate into some of North America’s premier fishing’’.