Alaska

All eyes on Trump and Putin meeting in Alaska

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • 15 August 2025

Alaska is one of the fifty states of the United States. Alaska is the largest and northernmost state in the country. Although Alaska is much larger than the other states, approximately 740.000 people live there. Because of this, Alaska is...

International Polar Bear Day (February 27, 2020)

Written in: Dutch • Randy Koo • September 23 2020

Have you ever heard that International Polar Bear Day is celebrated every year on February 27? Have you seen polar bears during your vacation in the Arctic, Greenland, Norway (Svalbard), Russia, the USA (Alaska), or Canada? Otherwise, you can in...

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