Tag: bering strait
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Living between time zones, Little Diomede Island balances two worlds
Between two nations and on the lip of the Arctic, Little Diomede Island rises from the Bering Strait with a blunt, improbable steepness, a mass of dark rock surrounded by moving ice, violent currents, and one of the most politically charged stretches of water on earth. In clear weather, the view from its shore reaches…