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- Mushing, or dog sledding, is the state sport of Alaska.
- Dog sled teams can have any number of dogs, but typically no more than 16 – the maximum limit for the Iditarod race.
- There are around 3,500 Kodiak brown bears on Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago.
- The best bear-viewing season on Kodiak is between June and September, when the bears gather at streams to feed on spawning salmon, often with their cubs.
- Before the Alaska Purchase of 1867, Kodiak was the capital of Russian Alaska. When the United States bought the territory the capital was first moved to Sitka.
- Besides hypothermia due to the intense weather conditions, thin ice is a major danger to dog sled teams.
- Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States, after Hawaii.
- To ensure fruitful and sustainable fishing, Alaska’s Department of Fish & Game stocks certain lakes throughout the state with different fish such as salmon and rainbow trout.
- The best times for ice fishing are right after the water freezes and right before it breaks up for the season – however, these are also the most dangerous times to go out on the ice because of instability.
- One of the biggest dangers when landing on glaciers is flat light, which prevents a pilot from seeing the contours on the icy ground below.
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