Here are some short essays about life in Fairbanks, life at University Park Elementary, or life in Alaska written by the students themselves. Lots of people like to rollerblade, go on hikes, and go on boat rides in the summer and ski, sled, dog mush , and ride on snow machines in the winter. Hockey is a sport almost every one enjoys. The biggest mountain in the United States is between Fairbanks and Anchorage, two of Alaska's cities. It's called Mt. McKinley or Denali .
Many tourists camp out or stay in a hotel around there.
Some people try to climb the mountain. Some people make it and some die. I can remember it being is fifty degrees below zero, but I know it's been colder. People usually would say that zero degrees is really cold for the winter, but for us, it's really warm. When people who live in the lower 48 think of Alaska, they would usually think of big parkas and igloos and snow all year long, but none of that is true.