Tougher in Alaska: Living in Alaska (1:25)
In this Tougher in Alaska video, we get to learn just how tough it is to live in Alaska. Check out how going to work, eating and even splitting fire wood, can cause a person to snap. The culture of Alaska is very, very interesting.
Videos (24)
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Tougher in Alaska: Living in Alaska
Tougher in Alaska: Living in AlaskaVideo Clip (1:25)
Video Clip (1:25)
In this Tougher in Alaska video, we get to learn just how tough it is to live in Alaska. Check out how going to work, eating and even splitting fire wood, can cause a person to snap. The culture of Alaska is very, very interesting.
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Tougher in Alaska: Moving to Alaska
Tougher in Alaska: Moving to AlaskaVideo Clip (1:25)
Video Clip (1:25)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we see how hard it is to adjust to the Alaskan weather. Check out how some people who move to Alaska almost always can't take it. Learn how the cold weather causes people to become depressed.
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Japanese Invade the Aleutian Islands
Japanese Invade the Aleutian IslandsVideo Clip (0:40)
Video Clip (0:40)
Save our History: Alaska: Alaska's Bloodiest Battle - In this clip, catch a glimpse into the World War II Japanese invasion on American soil.
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Jewel Recalls Living in Alaska
Jewel Recalls Living in AlaskaVideo Clip (2:30)
Video Clip (2:30)
In this States video clip - Jewel on Alaska: Jewel shares some secrets about Alaska and the Alaskan lifestyle, Alaskan slang, the "lower 48" and Homer, Alaska. This video clip is courtesy of The History Channel.
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Tougher in Alaska: Golfing in Alaska
Tougher in Alaska: Golfing in AlaskaVideo Clip (1:04)
Video Clip (1:04)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we join a few men as they participate in a one hole par golf tournament. You would never expect Alaskan's to be able to have a day of golf, because of the weather they face daily.
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Tougher in Alaska: Aviation
Tougher in Alaska: AviationVideo Clip (4:03)
Video Clip (4:03)
With three-thousand rivers and 30-thousand lakes around Alaska seaplanes are the most efficient mode of transportation.
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Tougher in Alaska: Braving the Elements
Tougher in Alaska: Braving the ElementsVideo Clip (1:07)
Video Clip (1:07)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we take a look at just how cold it is in Alaska year round. Learn about unfrozen snow and how the weather can cause hypothermia. You won't want to miss this exciting video about the cold and frigid weather.
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Tougher in Alaska: Coffee
Tougher in Alaska: CoffeeVideo Clip (2:47)
Video Clip (2:47)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we take a look at something that is very important to the Alaskan civilizationcoffee! Dont mess with an Alaskan's caffeine because they live off it. We get to sit down and talk to some civilians about it.
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Tougher in Alaska: Conex
Tougher in Alaska: ConexVideo Clip (2:17)
Video Clip (2:17)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, watch as host Geo Beach takes a look at a conex, or large metal shipping container, that someone has turned into a temporary living area.
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Tougher in Alaska: Dugout Canoe
Tougher in Alaska: Dugout CanoeVideo Clip (4:00)
Video Clip (4:00)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, watch as host Geo Beach talks to a master carver as he creates a traditional dug out canoe from a fallen spruce tree. Get introduced to the type of tools involved and what the canoe would have been used for.
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Tougher in Alaska: Flocking to the Arora
Tougher in Alaska: Flocking to the AroraVideo Clip (3:59)
Video Clip (3:59)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we meet some Japanese tourists. Learn why so many Japanese people trek it out to the rough Alaskan terrain with the belief that going to the Northern Lights will make new children smarter.
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Tougher in Alaska: Geo Beach
Tougher in Alaska: Geo BeachVideo Clip (1:18)
Video Clip (1:18)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, get to know host Geo Beach a little better. He moved to Alaska because he wanted a place with mountains. He ended up staying much longer than he intended and fell in love with the area.
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Tougher in Alaska: Geo the Firefighter
Tougher in Alaska: Geo the FirefighterVideo Clip (1:02)
Video Clip (1:02)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we join Geo and learn some things about fighting fires in Alaska. Check out how hard this job is and how it puts an emotional toll on one. You need to see this great video clip on fire fighting.
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Tougher in Alaska: Geo Unleashed
Tougher in Alaska: Geo UnleashedVideo Clip (1:17)
Video Clip (1:17)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we join the host of the showGeo. You won't want to miss this behind the scenes look at Geo and how he works daily for the show. This hilarious video will have you in tears.
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Tougher in Alaska: Arctic Wear
Tougher in Alaska: Arctic WearVideo Clip (3:13)
Video Clip (3:13)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we learn some facts on how to stay warm in the Arctic weather that surrounds Alaska. Join Geo as he shows us some attire that keeps the body in a good temperature and blocks wind.
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Tougher in Alaska: Trick My Ride
Tougher in Alaska: Trick My RideVideo Clip (2:35)
Video Clip (2:35)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we get to see some of the supreme specialty trucks that were built to drive on the rough terrain in Alaska. Check out this exciting video that takes you for a ride until the end... You won't be disappointed.
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Tougher in Alaska: Unique Cuisine
Tougher in Alaska: Unique CuisineVideo Clip (3:58)
Video Clip (3:58)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we find out how some Alaskan's eat and how they come about their food. We journey close to the Arctic circle and meet a couple who catch their own salmon and prepare it for supper.
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Tougher in Alaska: Whittier Harbor
Tougher in Alaska: Whittier HarborVideo Clip (1:58)
Video Clip (1:58)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, watch as host Geo Beach gives us a tour of the Whittier Harbor near the Bear Valley in Alaska.
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Tougher in Alaska: Winter Biking
Tougher in Alaska: Winter BikingVideo Clip (3:58)
Video Clip (3:58)
In this Tougher in Alaska video clip, we get to meet a couple of people who live in Anchorage, Alaska. What they do daily may seem strange to a lot of people, because no one rides their bike in the middle of the winter. See it here.
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Alaska Becomes 49th State
Alaska Becomes 49th StateVideo Clip (1:06)
Video Clip (1:06)
In a History Rewind video, Alaska celebrates the long awaited grant of statehood with an enthusiastic celebration. Alaska will become the nation's forty-ninth state and, by far, the largest.
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History of Alaskan Trucking
History of Alaskan TruckingVideo Clip (3:02)
Video Clip (3:02)
George and Cody talk about the men who paved the way for Alaskan Ice Road Truckers.
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The Alcan Highway
The Alcan HighwayVideo Clip (3:40)
Video Clip (3:40)
The Alcan Highway connected the Alaskan wilderness to the lower 48 states for the first time.
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Truckers on Alaska
Truckers on AlaskaVideo Clip (1:31)
Video Clip (1:31)
The new road is more challenging than ever. Find out what the truckers think about Alaska.
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Season 3 Truckers
Season 3 TruckersVideo Clip (1:04)
Video Clip (1:04)
Introducing the truckers who will tackle the Alaskan ice roads in Season 3.
Photo Galleries (1)
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Alaska
Alaska(13 Photos)
13 Photos
View pictures from the state of Alaska on History. See images of famous locations that represent the state.
Speeches & Audio (2)
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Deadly Earthquake Rocks Alaska
Deadly Earthquake Rocks AlaskaAudio Clip (1:49)
Audio Clip (1:49)
After President Lyndon Johnson declared Alaska a major disaster area, a news report tallies the damage resulting from the strongest earthquake in American history, which jolted southern Alaska on March 27, 1964, and measured 8.4 on the Richter scale.
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Eisenhower Proclaims Alaska the 49th State
Eisenhower Proclaims Alaska the 49th StateAudio Clip (1:03)
Audio Clip (1:03)
On January 3, 1959, President Eisenhower presides over the ceremony welcoming the territory of Alaska into the Union as the 49th and largest state.
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Place the State
Place the StateInteractive
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