On the Lighter Side

Some of these are brought to you by The Alaska Joke Book for Kids! by Jeff Brown

An old miner comes up to a group of people sitting around the fire in Tok.  He said to the group, "Did you know there isn't a single mosquito in Alaska?"  The people replied, "Are you crazy?"  He said, "No, didn't you know that they are all married with big, big families."

When is a salmon your best friend?

When it's a chum!  (A chum salmon is also called a dog salmon.)

How do you get down from a reindeer?

You don't get down from a reindeer; you get down from a duck.  (Reindeer are domesticated caribou.)

How do they clean the Trans-Alaska Pipeline?

With pipeline cleaners.  (The Trans-Alaska Pipeline is 800 miles long and 4 feet wide.)

How do you attach one ig to another?

With ig-glue.  (Igloos were not built in Alaska so much as Canada.)

Why were early prospectors always in a hurry?

They were in a Gold Rush.  (Gold was discovered in Anvil Creek [Nome] in 1902.

Why is Alaska a good place to save money?

It's the only place you'll find fair banks.  (With just about 83,000 people, Fairbanks is the second biggest city in Alaska.)

What is the hottest plant in Alaska?

Fireweed.  (Fireweed is the best known wildflower in Alaska.)