Matt WardA2geognome

Uchtrey came to Anchorage, Alaska Our city has 278,000 inhabitants. The
largest of any town in AK we have 2/5 of AK's population. The city is
squashed between the Chugach and Talkeetna Mountains and the Cooke
Inlet. We have some snow (not as much as usual) and cooler temperatures
(20's-30's). Anchorage has a subarctic climate due to its short, cool
summers. Average daytime summer temperatures range from approximately 55 to
78 degrees Fahrenheit ; average daytime winter temperatures are about
5 to 30 degrees. We average about 19 hours of sunlight in the summer
and in the winter we only have about 5 hours of sunlight. We have all
kinds of foods represented here in AK. Although the tourists like to try
local game and seafood.....moose, caribou, dall sheep, bear, salmon,
King crab, halibut, etc. As we are vegetarian, we prefer to feast upon the
varied berries and wild mushrooms. The Matanuska Valley (just 30 mins
north of Anchorage) grows the world's largest cabbages, pumpkins,
squashes, etc as a result of our midnight sun. My husband is a
geophysicist/geologist. He travels around Alaska doing environmental clean up. He
has also studied sea ice out of Barrow, AK (the northern most tip of AK).
I am a housewife and take care of my kids. We do a lot of camping,
hiking, kayaking, biking, climbing, etc during the summer. In the winter
there are all sorts of skiing (downhill, cross country, skate, alpine
touring, telemark, etc.). There is a lot of ice skating, sledding, ice
hockey, dog mushing,ice climbing, snowshoeing and snow machining.