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The Diomede Islands: where you can see tomorrow and visit yesterday

The Diomede Islands - two craggy specks in the middle of the Bering Strait-sit two and a half miles apart but live in ...
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Chelsea’s Ben Seymour To Present Award-Winning History Work in Alaska

Photo: Chelsea resident Ben Seymour stands beside a slide from his presentation on Little Diomede Island, highlighting the ...
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The islands where US and Russia are 2 miles apart

On two small islands in the middle of the Bering Strait, it’s possible to walk from the United States to Russia in midwinter. Just two miles apart, Big Diomede and Little Diomede sit between two ...
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How Russia is preparing for conflict in Nato’s new Arctic battleground

At its nearest point, Alaska is just 2.4 miles from Russia. In the remote Bering Sea, Little Diomede Island (belonging to the US) sits next to Big Diomede Island (part of Russia). In between them lies ...