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| Alaska Facts |
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Outsiders first discovered Alaska in 1741 when Danish explorer Vitus Jonassen Bering sighted it on a voyage from Siberia. |
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An unnamed draftsman created the Alaska state seal in 1910. It consists of a rising sun shining on forests, lake, fishing and shipping boats, and agricultural and mining activities. |
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Twenty senators are elected to four-year terms in Alaska; forty representatives serve two-year terms. |
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