The city’s 300,000 human residents share their space with an estimated 1,500 moose, not to mention bald eagles, bears, beavers, Dall sheep, and the occasional lynx. Metro + MooseĪnchorage might appear at first glance to be a typical American city, but closer exploration shows some surprising facets of urban life in Alaska. Size: Anchorage covers 1,961 square miles from Portage Glacier to Eklutna - about the size of the state of Delaware. Time Zone: Anchorage, and virtually all of Alaska, is in Alaska Standard Time, one hour behind Pacific Standard Time and four hours behind Eastern Standard Time. Population: 298,190. Anchorage is Alaska's largest city with 41 percent of the state's population. The city’s adventures may be beyond belief, but they aren’t beyond the boundaries. Cheers runners and reindeer on the main street. Anchorage lives under midnight sun and auroras. There’s no need to choose one or the other since they are both part of life here. Urban and wild aren’t opposites they are Anchorage’s two defining elements.
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