As Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, two twin islands connected by an ice bridge in the Bering Strait are a reminder that the ...

In winter, an ice bridge appears between the Russian-owned Big Diomede Island and the US-owned Little Diomede Island.

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 ...

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on ...

In The Chilly Bering Strait, The US And Russia Are Only 3.8 Kilometers Apart The Diomede Islands mark the closest point between the two countries.

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter ...

Russia's Big Diomede island is just west of the American Little Diomede island, where a few dozen people live.

Meanwhile, Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Russia and his state are less than two miles apart at their closest point, between Big and Little Diomede Islands in the Bering Sea.

As the world’s attention shifts to Alaska for the critical summit on Ukraine between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it also ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Carol Zane Jolles papers document her research conducted among the Yup'ik and Inupiaq communities of St. Lawrence Island, Wales, and Little ...

The nations are so close — Alaska’s Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait is less than 3 miles (5 kilometers) from Russia’s Big Diomede — that former Gov. Sarah Palin was right during ...