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Western Airlines - Alaska
Poster ID: CL24470
Category: Transportation/Aviation
Year: 1960s
Country: American
Approximate Size 39 x 25 inches
Condition: Very Good
Price: $200

Russia's sale of Alaska to the United States — an event few Americans may notice — was a day of mourning for some hard-right Russian nationalists who see the transaction as a gigantic blunder by the ailing czarist empire, one that reverberates as the major powers vie for influence over the Arctic and its natural riches in an age of climate change. The price at $7.2 million, or about $125 million today — was negotiated and signed by Eduard de Stoeckl, Russia's minister to the United States, and William H. Seward, the American secretary of state. It was mostly considered beneficial to both countries, but some critics derided it as “Seward's Folly” or “Seward's Icebox” — and even now, scholars debate whether it was a bargain.

Keywords: Aviation,Eskimos ,Geese ,Goose ,Deer,Caribou ,Mountains ,Snow ,Nature