Climate+and+nature

The climate in Alaska is very cold, especially in the Northern part of the country. In the south there usually are long summer days. The longest days are around the summer solstice on June 21. Some tourists travel to Alaska in the wintertime, but most of them travel to Alaska in the summer, because of the long days and because the temperatures are moderate. Many people means that the period between May and early September is the best time to visit Alaska. The clearest weather is in spring and in the early summer. Late in the summer and autumn is it most rain, witch is the rainy season. In the winter the heaviest snowfalls is in the coastal mountains. In the area around Valdez you can find the biggest snowfall. It can be down to -60 °C. Alaska has short, hot summers and long, cold winters. But sometimes in the south it can be green fields all the year.
 * Weather and Climate **



Alaska is located in an earthquake area. There are also many volcanoes. At the south coast of Alaska there is a lot of conifer forest. The grass vegetation is very good and sometimes the cows can pasture all the year. In the north of Alaska the ground is frozen, and there is tundra vegetation. It is much moss and dwarf birch because of the cold climate. There are no big forests in the north.  When it comes to animals in Alaska, there are a lot of birds like ducks, cormorants, gulls, auks and wading birds. At the north coast, there are ice bears and in the rest of the country there are elks, reindeers, black bears and brown bears. Some places there are buffaloes, snow goats and mule deers. Some of the predators are lynxes, red foxes, arctic foxes, wolves, wolverines and many other marten animals.
 * Nature **