Alaska

Who Buys Alaska Oil?

Of the Alaskan crude exported this year, 12.3 million barrels have gone to China and 3.3 million barrels went to South Korea, according to Kpler. Last year, 5.6 million barrels of exported Alaskan oil went to South Korea and about a million went to China. Who gets the oil from Alaskan pipeline? The crude oil …

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Who Gave The Name Alaska?

At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name “Alaska” derives from the Aleut word Alaxsxaq (also spelled Alyeska), meaning “mainland” (literally, “the object toward which the action of the sea is directed”). How did Alaska get its name? The name “Alaska” is derived …

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What Nationality Is Alaska?

White: 66.7% (Non-Hispanic White: 64.1%) Black 3.6% Asian 5.4% (4.4% Filipino, 0.3% Chinese, 0.2% Laotian, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Indian, 0.1% Vietnamese, 0.1% Thai) American Indian or Alaskan Native 14.8% Is Alaska mostly Russian? About 5,200 people — less than 1 percent of Alaska’s population — claim Russian as their primary heritage, according to 2000 census …

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