阿拉斯加州(英语：State of Alaska，俄语：Аляска)，是位于美国西北太平洋沿岸、第49个加入美国合众国的一个州，也是美国面积最大的州、世界最大的飞地地区。阿拉斯加州东接加拿大的育空、英属哥伦比亚，南邻阿拉斯加湾、太平洋，西濒白令海、白令海峡、楚科奇海，与俄罗斯楚科奇自治区和相望，北临北冰洋。
“阿拉斯加”(Аляска)这个名称是在俄属北美时期引入的，当时是用来指阿拉斯加半岛。阿拉斯加这词来自于阿留申语的一熟语，象征的指整个阿拉斯加。从字面上来理解，意思为”object to which the action of the sea is directed”或者源于阿留申语的“Alyeska”一词，意思是“很大的陆地”。本系列将观察阿拉斯加一年的景象，揭示富有探索精神的生活在阿拉斯加的人和动物的故事，追踪他们与大自然斗争并捕获每个季节大自然赋予的财富。
As spring lights up the land, Alaska faces one of the greatest transformations on earth. Temperatures soar, and as the sun’s rays hit the snow and ice, water, light and warmth return. Alaska’s transition to spring may look magical, but for those animals emerging from a long winter’s sleep, it’s a time of intense competition, as everything is in a rush to cash in on Alaska’s riches.
No season brings more surprises than an Alaskan summer. It lures hummingbirds up from the tropics, exposes deserts in the Arctic and relies on parachuting firefighters to tackle forest fires in its vast wilderness. Summer is a narrow window of plenty, when the land is bathed in 24-hour sunlight – but in this land of extremes, you can have too much of a good thing.
Surviving the bone-chilling cold, deadly blizzards and darkness of an Alaskan winter takes courage, cunning and remarkable endurance. In the raw beauty of windswept mountain peaks, icy tundra and snowbound forests, this is the story of the tough and resourceful characters that face up to the ultimate challenges of this untameable land.
