Топик: The History of Alaska история Аляски

Business.

Alaska's main agriculture output is seafood, although nursery stock, dairy products, vegetables, and livestock are produced and used internally. Manufacturing is limited, with most foodstuffs and general goods imported from elsewhere. Employment is primarily in government and industries such as natural resource extraction, shipping, and transportation. There is also a small but growing service and tourism sector. Its industrial outputs are crude petroleum, natural gas, coal, gold, precious metals, zinc and other mining, seafood processing, timber and wood products.

Transport.

Alaska has various transportation options. Some of Alaska is connected by roads (and sometimes a tunnel) to the highways of Canada and of the rest of the United States. These places are "on the road system". Along the Pacific Ocean, many places have freight and passenger service from ocean-going ships. Most places have air service, ranging from jets on tarmac to floatplanes on lakes.

4. The most important dates in the history of Alaska.

August 21

- In 1732, a Russian expedition under

surveyor Mikhail Gvozdev sights

the Alaska mainland at Cape Prince

of Wales.

July 16

- In 1741 , Vitus Bering, on St. Elias Day, sights the Alaskan

mainland. In honour of the saint, the most

prominent peak was named; this was the first point

on the northwest coast named by Europeans.

December 8

- In 1741 , Vitus Bering died after his ship was wrecked on an

island off the Alaskan coast.

September 25

- In 1745, a Russian fur hunter, Mikhail Nevodchikov, reaches

Attu in his search for sea otters.

May 12

- In 1778 , Captain James Cook entered Prince William Sound.

May 26

- In 1778 , Captain James Cook entered Cook Inlet.

August 25