How can there possibly be 3 million lakes in Alaska?
Actually, it’s very possible. Alaska, with its proximity to the Arctic Circle (part of the State of Alaska actually lies to the north of the Arctic Circle), has experienced much glaciation over the centuries. To illustrate how glaciation created lakes (called Glacial Lakes, a category to which the Great Lakes, among others, belong), let us examine how glaciation affected the geography of another state, Wisconsin. According to an article titled “Wisconsin’s Glacial Legacy”, courtesy of The National Park Service at http://www.nps.gov/archive/iatr/expanded/history.htm : “The glacier most recently flowed into Wisconsin about 25,000 years ago and reached its greatest extent, covering approximately two-thirds of the State, about 14,000 to 16,000 years ago before melting back. The retreat of the ice front was interrupted a number of times by readvances; the last one touched northwestern Wisconsin about 10,000 years ago. The advancing ice was channeled into the lowlands now occupied by Lakes S
