Anchorage is Alaska's largest city. Anchorage is about the size of Delaware with a population of 258,000 people, 42 percent of Alaska's whole population.

Alaska is protected from harsh winds by the Chugach Mountains. It is warmed by the Japanese currents coming from the Pacific Ocean. It has warm, sometimes hot summers and bitter cold winters. October, November, December, January, February, March and sometimes April are months that get snow. The key to surviving winters is DRESS WARMLY! Coats, hats, gloves or mittens, boots, snow suits and ear muffs are greatly needed for a winter in Anchorage.

Anchorage has many attractions. They include the Z.J. Public Library, Portage Glacier, the Oscar Anderson House, the Alaska Center for the Preforming Arts, the 4TH Avenue Theater and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. There are many more, but not as famous as these.

Anchorage has a wide variety of wildlife. It includes such animals as the common loon, Pacific loon, beavers, wolves, and mountain goats. Moose are also very common in Anchorage in the winter but you rarely ever see them summer.

Anchorage is a very beautiful city in the summer. You can see over 100,000 hanging baskets of flowers. Almost everywhere you go you can see a beautiful display of flowers.