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Alaska Purchase Russia continued to see an opportunity to weaken British power by causing British Columbia, including the Royal Navy base at Esquimalt, to be surrounded or annexed by American territory.[8] Following the Union victory in the Civil War, the Tsar instructed the Russian minister to the United States, Eduard de Stoeckl, to re-enter into negotiations with William H. Seward in the beginning of March 1867. President Johnson was entangled in negotiations about Reconstruction and Seward had alienated a number of Republicans, so they believed that the purchase would help divert attention from the domestic issues.[9] The negotiations concluded after an all-night session with the signing of the treaty at 04:00 on March 30, 1867,[10] with the purchase price set at $7.2 million ($105Â million in 2016), or about 2 cents per acre ($4.74/km2).[1][11]
Climate of Alaska The highest and lowest recorded temperatures in Alaska are both in the Interior. The highest is 100 °F (37.8 °C) in Fort Yukon on June 27, 1915.[5][6][7][8] The lowest Alaska temperature is −80 °F (−62.2 °C) in Prospect Creek on January 23, 1971,[5][6] 1 °F (0.6 °C) above the lowest temperature recorded in continental North America (in Snag, Yukon, Canada).[9] Alaska also holds the extreme US record low temperatures for every month except July and August.