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In The Chilly Bering Strait, The US And Russia Are Only 3.8 Kilometers Apart
Russia and the US might feel like two places that are worlds apart, but sitting in the middle of the Bering Strait are two tiny islands that prove otherwise. With just 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles ...
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“Many in the Bering Sea burg have seen Russia, they don’t feel qualified to be on the presidential ticket.”
Nome is way, way, way out west on the Bering Sea ... the nearby village of Wales or from one of the islands, you can see Big Diomede Island in Russia or maybe even the distant cloud cover on ...
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Exploration and Settlement on the Alaskan Coast
Russian fur hunters and traders in Siberia ... reached Prince of Wales Island. Bering's own ship, the St. Peter, sighted Mt. St. Elias, and Kayak Island the next day. But the ships by this time ...
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Major fossil find of extinct sea cow unearthed in Russia’s Far East
At that time, it was found only around the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia. Adult sea cows would reach weights of more than five metric tonnes and lengths of up to 10 ...
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of ...
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What to know about Greenland, the big frozen island Trump wants to control
They crossed the Bering Strait, a narrow passage between present day Russia and Alaska ... The story goes that he named the island because of the green meadows he found when he landed on its ...
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Russia Plans World's Longest Undersea Tunnel from Siberia to Alaska
The $65 billion tunnel would run in three sections, connecting two islands in the Bering Strait between Russia and the United States. A 3,700-mile transport corridor from Siberia into the United ...