Come fly with the Emmy Award winning program Over Alaska as we take off on a breathtaking tour of our 49th state. This is a never before seen look at Alaska that will be impossible to forget. Spectacular mountains and glaciers, vast wilderness and free-roaming wildlife combine to make Alaska one of the most diverse and picturesque of all the United States. Commonly referred to as "The Last Frontier," Alaska is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, its physical beauty that is an untouched paradise.

Soar over Mt. McKinley and through the craggy crevasses of electric blue glaciers. Follow the Iditarod and kayakers as they navigate past icebergs. Then touch down to Earth and get as close to bears, whales and wildlife as humanly possible. From the bustling city of Anchorage to the ghost town of Kennecott, from the history of the Klondike Gold Rush to the heritage and culture of Alaska's Native population.

Over Alaska portrays Alaska as it's never been seen before. Shot over 3 months with the world's most experienced High Definition aerial production team and an acclaimed wildlife photographer, the stunning imagery is enhanced with evocative words and an original music score.

Alaska is a state of the United States of America that is located in the extreme northwest portion of North America, west of Canada. It is the largest U.S. state in terms of area (by a substantial margin), comprising approximately one-sixth of the country.

The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on October 18, 1867, for $7,200,000. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory in 1912 and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959.

Alaska does not border any U.S. state; it borders the Yukon and British Columbia, Canada, to the east, the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean to the south, the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea to the west, and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean to the north.

Alaska has the largest land area of any U.S. state at 570,380 square miles (1,477,277 km²) and is over twice as large as Texas, the next largest state. Because the state is so large, its geographical characteristics vary widely by region. Southcentral Alaska, the state's southern coastal region, contains Anchorage (Alaska's largest city) and most of the state's population. Southeast Alaska is home to several mid-size towns (including the state capital Juneau), tidewater glaciers, and extensive forests. Southwest Alaska is largely coastal, sparsely populated, and unconnected to the road system; it is known for wet and stormy weather, tundra landscapes.

The Alaska Interior is marked by large braided rivers and Arctic tundra lands and shorelines. The Aleutian Islands that extend west from the southern tip of the Alaska Peninsula contain many active volcanoes. The North Slope is known for its oil reservoirs and extreme climate. The Alaskan Bush is a general term encompassing any remote part of the state.

Over Alaska leads viewers on magnificent sights ranging from the unbelievably blue ice of Tracy Arm Fjord, to the active volcanic peak of Mount Redoubt, to the primeval splendor of the state's coastal rain forest. Other highlights include:

* Mt. McKinley, North America's tallest peak

* The pristine, icebound landscapes of Kenai Fjords National Park, on the southeastern Kenai Peninsula

* The Katmai Peninsula's Brooks Falls, where brown bears come to feast on salmon in high summer

* The Inside Passage, with its green waterways and forested islands — "the most exhilarating stretch of water on the American West Coast"

* The Alaska Highway, built during World War II in order to protect U.S. soil from Japanese invasion

* The Iditarod, the world's longest dog sled race (Martin Buser, who placed first in the 2002 Iditarod, is filmed)

* The Killer Whale Dance Group of the Metlakatla Tribe on remote Annette Island

* A flight with famed Alaskan bush pilot Paul Claus among the mountains and rock spires of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

* The Copper River Delta, where millions of shorebirds and water fowl converge every May and September

* Admiralty Island's Native community of Angoon, where Tlingit traditions live on

* Kennecott Historic towns: The abandoned mining settlement of Kennecott, largest ghost town in the United States and a National Historic Landmark; the onetime Russian outpost of Sitka; quaint Skagway and the old-fashioned steam train that transports visitors to and from the former gold rush settlement

* Cities: Anchorage, Alaska's largest city and home to approximately half of the state's residents; the capital city of Juneau, captured beneath a Fourth of July fireworks display

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