Juneau, Alaska avalanches outside Juneau heavily damaged the electrical lines providing Juneau with power, knocking the hydroelectric system offline and forcing the utility to switch to a much more expensive diesel system. Juneau, Alaska, shares its eastern border with the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the only U.S. state capital to border another country. The capital of Alaska is on a threshold between hot and cold temperate climates as well as hemiboreals with seasons and temperatures much milder than eastern Canada. If considered the average temperature of January, 32 °F (0 °C), instead of another Juneau isotherm falls in a
Pierre Juneau Pierre Juneau Pierre Juneau, , (October 17, 1922 – February 21, 2012) was a Canadian film and broadcast executive, a one-time member of the Canadian Cabinet, the first chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and subsequently president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is credited with the creation, promotion, and championing of Canadian content requirements for radio and television. Juneau is the namesake of the Juno Awards, which were named for him. He was born in Verdun, now part of Montreal, to a working-class family. After graduating from the Université de Montréal, he studied at the University