Alaska as an example of tourist reception area

• Published in: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Geographica Physica
• Main Author: Papińska, Elżbieta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Polish
• Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2013
• Subjects: Alaska; environmental values; national parks; tourism; walory przyrodnicze; parki narodowe; turystyka; Arctic; Glacier Bay; Park Glacier; Park Lake; glacier; glaciers; permafrost
• Online Access: https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/geophysica/article/view/11180; https://doi.org/10.18778/1427-9711.12.04

The State of Alaska is located in the north-western North America. Its area of 1 717 854 km2 is populated by 731 449 people (as 2012). Population density is low, only 0.5 person per square km. The main reason for the low population density are unfa-vourable natural conditions, the most important of...