How to Walk from the U.S. to Russia
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How to Walk from the U.S. to Russia

B1IntermediateNovember 2, 20262 min
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How to Walk from the U.S. to Russia

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Russia, but by the time you got there, you'd arrive 21 hours later than when you started?

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Did you know that it's possible to walk just two and a half miles from the US to Russia, but by the time you got there, you'd arrive 21 hours later than when you started? The key is crossing the Bering Strait, the body of water that separates Alaska from northeastern Siberia.

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While the strait is a little over 50 miles wide, in the middle there are two small islands, Big Diomede which is part of Russia, and Little Diomede which is part of the United States. Native Alaskans have lived on Little Diomede for over 5,000 years, and about 100 in Nupiat

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live there today in the native village of Little Diomede, also known as Inalik. The two islands are separated by about 2.5 miles of water. However, the frozen winter months provide enough solid ice that it's possible to walk the distance. While today extensive permitting would be necessary to traverse the international

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