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[00:00.00]Four years later, the first Alaskan statehood bill was proposed in Congress.
[00:06.90]Opponents argued that Alaska was far away,
[00:10.42]disconnected from the other states and little populated.
[00:14.80]Only about 58,000 people lived there at the time.
[00:19.36]Today, its economy is tied to a large extent to the oil
[00:24.19]and natural gas industry and oil and gas was found in 1968 near some famous mountains.
[00:32.70]After the largest oil and gas field in North America was discovered
[00:38.28]by more and more people the pipeline to the Alaska was built.
[00:43.27]The field began production in 1977.
[00:47.69]Another important industry in Alaska is tourism,
[00:52.16]which directly pumps a billion and a half dollars a year into the state economy,
[00:57.96]much of it involving cruise ships.
[01:00.85]9% of Alaska's total employment is in tourism.
