![View of Alaska](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F36%2F79%2F367919_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGFuZGVyIExpc2tpbiAjMzY3OTE5_116%3A95_sputnik-367919-preview_530f6f86470f8ffc10cd97c165a014c1.jpg)
![View of Alaska](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F36%2F79%2F367919_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGFuZGVyIExpc2tpbiAjMzY3OTE5_116%3A95_sputnik-367919-preview_530f6f86470f8ffc10cd97c165a014c1.jpg)
Alaska is a US state. In 1741 the second Kamchatka expedition, headed by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, discovered North-Western America, later called Russian America.
- Categories: Human Interest, Lifestyle & Leisure, Economy, Business & Finance, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Environmental Issues
- Location: Alaska, USA
- Event date: 01.08.1991
- Date published: 14.01.2009
- Author: Alexander Liskin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: 92-1333, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x2363px, 2.6Mb