What Pre-American Alaska Was Really Like

The people who lived in pre-American Alaska had to learn how to survive in a harsh and inhospitable landscape. It was often cold, but it was also beautiful, abundant, and challenging. Here's everything you didn't know about life in pre-American Alaska.

When you picture the Ice Age in your mind, you probably imagine a land choked by glaciers and very little, if any, green. How exactly does one survive in a land with nothing but ice? It turns out that common perception is actually a misperception. According to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the interior of Alaska was actually green during the last ice age.

While it's true that parts of the future state were locked up in ice, the interior was actually something of a paradise. That's because so much of the world's oceans were frozen that the sea level dropped by around 400 feet, exposing the Bering land bridge and briefly connecting Alaska and Siberia. All that extra land actually helped to further isolate the Alaskan interior from ocean moisture, which in turn led to warm summers and relatively mild winters.

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Green ice age | 0:16
Genetic diversity | 1:09
Humans and megafauna | 2:06
First permanent settlements | 3:25
Whaling | 4:39

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