Alaska Is Hiding Something Nobody Talks About

What is Alaska hiding? 30 strange facts about America's biggest state, counting down to the one thing almost nobody knows: Alaska is still being built, right now. 0:00 Intro 0:35 #30 Bigger than you think 1:21 #29 The longest coast 1:52 #28 North, west and east 2:27 #27 Two cents an acre 3:09 #26 No road to the capital 3:50 #25 Two miles from Russia 4:27 #24 A ton of supplies 5:10 #23 The battle in the fog 5:49 #22 A town built for thousands 6:21 #21 A town under one roof 7:03 #20 Rock from the tropics 7:44 #19 Copper on the tropical rock 8:24 #18 Sixty-five days of night 8:50 #17 The drunken forests 9:22 #16 The land bridge 9:50 #15 The last mammoths 10:23 #14 The biggest forest 10:52 #13 The biggest salmon run 11:29 #12 The oil under the tundra 11:56 #11 A check for everyone 12:29 #10 The pipeline built to slide 13:15 #9 Countless glaciers 13:49 #8 Tallest, base to top 14:30 #7 Mountains out of the sea 15:15 #6 A state that never stops shaking 15:42 #5 Good Friday 16:31 #4 The wave up the mountain 17:15 #3 130 volcanoes 17:54 #2 The Valley of 10,000 Smokes 18:36 #1 Still arriving 20:14 Recap If you live in Alaska, tell us in the comments which fact surprised you least. The maps in this video are drawn for it and are simplified. Historical photos: public domain (Wikimedia Commons, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service). Music: YouTube Audio Library — Glacier (Chris Haugen), Into the Sky (Jeremy Blake), Cumulus Nimbus (Quincas Moreira), Singularity (The Grey Room / Density & Time), Body of Water (TrackTribe). #alaska #geography #maps