http://www.history.com/photos/alaska View pictures from the state of Alaska on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state. en Copyright 2013, History.com Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-21T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo1 Musher and sled dog team race along the snow-covered Yukon River during the Iditarod sled dog race. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo2 The Trans Alaska Pipeline System was designed and constructed to move oil from the North Slope of Alaska to the northern most ice-free port in Valdez, Alaska. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo3 Oil Pipeline in Alaska's North Slope. The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the western side of Point Barrow, and the Beaufort Sea on the ea http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo4 An aerial picture of the wetlands Juneau, Alaska. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo5 Icebergs break off, or calve, from the Dawes Glacier at the end of Endicott Arm in southeast Alaska. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo6 An aerial view shows some of the land in Kenai Fjords National Park http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo7 Mount McKinley, the highest mountain in North America, with white cumulus clouds floating above in a blue sky on sunny fall morning. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo8 The Northern lights dance across the sky above Kaktovik Alaska. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo9 The willow ptarmigan was designated the official state bird of Alaska in 1955. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo10 Alaska's state flower is the alpine forget-me-not. It was chosen in 1949. The alpine forget-me-not is a perennial that grows 5 to 12 inches high in alpine meadows. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo11 Alaska remains one of the last true strongholds for Brown Bears worldwide. The vast untamed wilderness of America's Last Frontier supports both inland Grizzly Bears and Coastal Brown Bears. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo12 The tall, stately Sitka spruce is the Alaska state tree. It is found in southeastern and central Alaska. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo13 Several salmon jump in Brooks Falls, over which they must swim to reach their spawning grounds. http://www.history.com/photos/alaska/photo13