We know Alaska is cold, but some of it is really, really cold. How much of the state's land mass actually lies within the Arctic Circle?

That's right, nearly one-third of the state of the Alaska lies within the Arctic Circle. In other Alaskan geography facts, about 80% of the state lies on permafrost, which is another term for permanently frozen sediment and rock, and about 50% of the state is made up of Tundra, which is marked by treeless Arctic plains.

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