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In The Chilly Bering Strait, The US And Russia Are Only 3.8 Kilometers Apart
With just 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles) between them, the Diomede Islands mark the closest point between the two countries. On the Russian side is Big Diomede, which is just over 10 square kilometers ...
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How the final shots of the Civil War came to be fired off the shores of Alaska
About 150 years ago, a few days after summer solstice, the gray skies above the Diomede Islands were heavy with smoke from whaling ships set ablaze by Confederate sailors who didn’t know the ...