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	Encyclopedia: Big Diomede
		The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede or Imaqliq, also known as Ratmanov Island, and Little Diomede or Inaliq) are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and United States (which controls Little Diomede), and Russia (which controls Big Diomede), are 3km (two miles) apart.
		The Big Diomede Island is Russia's easternmost point, while Alaska's Aleutian Islands extend U.S. territory further west.
		The Diomede Islands are often mentioned as likely intermediate stops for a bridge or tunnel spanning the Bering Strait.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Big-Diomede (222 words)

	Diomede Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Diomede Islands, consisting of the western island Big Diomede or Imaqliq, also known as Ratmanov Island, and the eastern island Little Diomede or Inaliq, are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
		At the closest land approach between the United States (which controls Little Diomede) and Russia (which controls Big Diomede, part of the Chukotka region), they are 3 km (2 miles) apart.
		Big Diomede Island is Russia's easternmost point, while Alaska's Aleutian Islands are the furthest-west point of the U.S. Some miles south-east of Little Diomede there is a small uninhabited island called Fairway Rock Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Big_Diomede (325 words)

	Diomede Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		The Big Diomede Island is Russia's easternmost point, while Alaska's (An archipelago in the North Pacific extending southwestern from Alaska) Aleutian Islands extend U.S. territory further west.
		The islands were named by Danish explorer (Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)) Vitus Bering in 1728.
		During the (A state of political conflict using means short of armed warfare) Cold War, (additional info and facts about Lynne Cox) Lynne Cox swam from one island to the other.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/diomede_islands.htm (175 words)

	Alaska Wilderness, Ecotourism, & Cultural Trip Planning Information. Alaska Wilderness Recreation & Tourism Association ...
		Diomede is located on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits, 135 miles northwest of Nome.
		It is only 2.5 miles from Big Diomede Island, Russia, and the international boundary lies between the two islands.
		When the Iron Curtain was formed, Big Diomede became a Soviet military base and all Native residents were moved to mainland Russia.
	www.awrta.org /comminfo/communities.cfm?city=Diomede (199 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce: Little Diomede has oldest, costliest mail drop 03/18/02
		Little Diomede Island is less than 3 square miles in size, and the island's rocky, steep slopes have prohibited the construction of a runway.
		Diomeders have long been known for their ivory carvings and whale hunting.
		Diomede is a dry village where the sale and importation of alcohol is illegal.
	www.alaskajournal.com /stories/031802/loc_diomede_mail.shtml (1042 words)

	Diomede School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Diomede, Alaska is located on the western side of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait.
		Two and one half miles to the west lies Big Diomede, part of the former Soviet Union.
		Diomede also has a post office and a health clinic to take care of basic medical needs.
	www.bssd.org /schools/sites/DIO/diomede.htm (424 words)

	Alaska Division of Community Advocacy
		Diomede is a traditional Ingalikmiut Eskimo village with a subsistence lifestyle.
		Diomede is classified as an isolated village, it is found in EMS Region 5A in the Norton Sound Region.
		The Diomede people are excellent ivory carvers; the City serves as a wholesale agent for the ivory.
	www.dced.state.ak.us /dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Diomede (802 words)

	Diomede Islands. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		The larger isl., Big Diomede (Ratmanov), is Russian, while the smaller is part of Alaska.
		At 2 mi/3.2 km apart, the Diomedes represent the closest approach of U.S. and Russian land masses.
		Inuit settlement on Little Diomede; Big Diomede is not inhabited.
	www.bartleby.com /69/67/D02967.html (84 words)

	TRAVELING BETWEEN CONTINENTS: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF INTERETHNIC CONTACTS ACROSS BERING STRAIT. AEER 13 (2), 1995
		Little Diomede Island, January through July 1944: According to records kept by the local schoolteachers one hundred and seventy eight people from Big Diomede and the Siberian mainland had been visiting the island within these six months.
		The Eskimo communities of Naukan and Big Diomede are now both abandoned and the overwhelming majority of their former residents lives now in Anadyr, Provideniya, Lavrentiya, Lorino, and Uelen.
		Chukchi, Naukanski, the Inupiaq dialects of the two Diomede Islands, Wales and King Island show a certain mutual interaction of their vocabularies, as well as certain influence of English and Russian, in all the cases depending on the timelength and intensity of contacts.
	condor.depaul.edu /~rrotenbe/aeer/aeer13_2/Schweitzer.html (3630 words)

	Diomede informatiom
		The trip by boat is approximately 28 miles from Diomede to Wales and can be very dangerous due to rapidly changing weather conditions and strong currents.
		The people of Diomede hunt whales during the spring from open leads in the sea ice.
		The practice of whaling was not successful or not pursued for several decades in the middle to late 20th century until 1999 when the hunt was again successful.
	www.uark.edu /misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/Villages/Diomede.htm (290 words)

	On Little Diomede, mail delivery is still an adventure
		Mac said he came across this story on mail delivery to Diomede as part of his regular transportation beat with the Alaska Journal of Commerce, and a previous story he'd written about Evergreen Helicopters.
		The postal contract now is one of the oldest in the nation, the most expensive in Alaska, and the only one that uses helicopters for delivering the mail.
		Big Diomede Island, two miles away in Russia, and home to a military base, was heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, Penttila said.
	www.ap.org /alaska/Diomede.htm (992 words)

	PBS - Harriman: Little Diomede
		Little Diomede is flat-topped, steep-sided and very isolated by its location, by rough seas, and by the persistent fog that shrouds the island during the warmer months.
		All residents were removed to the mainland, and any Little Diomede inhabitants who strayed across the waters too close to Big Diomede where taken captive by the Russians.
		Little Diomede Eskimos live a subsistence lifestyle, harvesting fish and crab, hunting beluga whales, walrus, seals and polar bears.
	www.pbs.org /harriman/current/profiles/diomede.html (594 words)

	AllRefer.com - Diomede Islands (Arctic Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Diomede Islands[dI´umEd] Pronunciation Key, pair of rocky islands in Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
		The larger island, Big Diomede, is Russian, while the smaller is part of Alaska.
		At 2 mi (3 km) apart, the Diomedes represent the closest approach of U.S. and Russian land masses.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DiomedeI.html (181 words)

	Scientific Studies of the Arctic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Big Diomede Island in Russia (in background) is about 5 km away.
		Live Cam from Diomede: http://209.165.175.132 located at Diomede School, looking west across the International Dateline towards Big Diomede Island.
		This is a self-contained web-based audio program recorded at Diomede, and it includes local residents talking about life on the island, subsistence hunting, as well as scientists associated with our research program talking about science goals.
	arctic.bio.utk.edu (1999 words)

	Diomede Islands
		The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede and Little Diomede) are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
		(3 km) apart, are the closest land approach between the United States of America (which controls Little Diomede) and Russia (Big Diomede, also known as Ratmanov Island).
		The text of the 1867 treaty finalizing the sale of Alaska uses the islands to designate the boundary between the two nations: The border separates "equidistantly Krusenstern Island, or Ignaluk, from Ratmanov Island, or Nunarbuk, and heads northward infinitely until it disappears completely in the Arctic Ocean."
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/di/diomede_islands.html (199 words)

	The Alaskan Shepherd
		The lower part of Soviet Big Diomede Island is visible at the top of the photo.
		Alaska, this big state, this large area is rich in different beauties, especially the beauty of a nature.
		In the beginning of June, on Little Diomede, I was listening intently to a miraculous and amazing music of birds' choir.
	www.cbna.info /shepherd/jan01/jan01.html (2338 words)

	www.ilovealaska.com/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Location: Diomede is located on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits, 135 miles northwest of Nome.
		History: Early Eskimos on the islands were fearless men of the ice and sea, with an advanced culture practicing elaborate whale hunting ceremonies.
		Culture: Diomede is a traditional Ingalikmiut Eskimo village with a subsistence lifestyle.
	www.ilovealaska.com /alaska/cities.cfm?cityid=81 (559 words)

	Zegrahm Expeditions - Realm of the Russian Bear
		Only three miles separate Big Diomede and Little Diomede Islands, and their inhabitants share cultural and familial ties.
		This border and the Russian military base on Big Diomede are vestiges of the Cold War.
		If the Diomedes are a sobering reminder of political barriers, then the mere act of traveling to Kamchatka is a hopeful reminder of how quickly those barriers can fall.
	www.zeco.com /library/russian-bears-cruise-10-2004.asp (612 words)

	PBS - Harriman: Souvenir Album - Teller, Little Diomede Island and Russian Waters
		House on the shore of Teller which is on the banks of Port Clarence.
		It is an American island that lies only three nautical miles from the Russian island of Big Diomede.
		Large group of walrus on shore of Big Diomede.
	www.pbs.org /harriman/explog/081601_photos.html (164 words)

	Glacier Bay Catamarans, Inc. - World Records
		During the summer of 1999, a 26-foot Glacier Bay Catamaran escorted two, personal watercraft across the Bering Strait from the United States to Russia to claim the record for the smallest boats to make this dangerous passage.
		Armed with twin,140 hp Suzuki engines, the Glacier Bay 2680 served as safety/support vessel to the Sea-Doos that would run from Alaska’s Little Diomede Island to Siberia’s Big Diomede Island.These islands are located two miles apart in the midst of the 48-mile wide Bering Strait about 50 miles south of the Arctic Circle.
		Just a mile off Little Diomede, the intrepid boaters on two Sea-Doos and one 26-foot catamaran moved from international into Russian waters.
	www.glacierbaycats.com /records_alaska.html (428 words)

	ALIAS: Little Diomede, Alaska
		Diomede is located on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits,
		Local subsistence hunters will also collect marine mammals to be examined and cataloged as part of the long-term records for the site.
		Lyn Gualtieri, of the Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, has published research on the geology of Little Diomede Island.
	www.arcus.org /alias/littlediomede/littlediomedebasic.html (240 words)

	Press: They’re not big wheels here (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Robert Kennedy is on a mission: He plans to bicycle every inch of a route between Key West and Russia, considering his odyssey complete only when he sets foot upon Big Diomede Island in the Bering Straits.
		To cross the 30 miles to Big Diomede, he’ll likely have to pedal north, possibly hundreds of miles out of his way, to keep from falling into the icy drink.
		Most often, according to Kennedy, the winds were too powerful for the windmills and the researchers were forced to pack up their turbines and go home.
	www.anchoragepress.com /archives/document284d-2.html (970 words)

	Travel Alaska
		08, T004N, R049W, Kateel River Meridian.) Diomede is located in the Cape Nome Recording District.
		Local hospitals or health clinics include Diomede Health Clinic.
		Auxiliary health care is provided by Diomede Volunteer Fire Dept./First Responders (686-3071).
	www.welcometoalaska.com /Communities/diomede.htm (1060 words)

	ipedia.com: Diomede Islands Article
		The Diomede Islands are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
		Straddling international borders as well as the International Date Line, the islands, 2...
		Big Diomede Island is Russia's easternmost point, while Alaska's Aleutian Islands extend the United States' land further west.
	www.ipedia.com /diomede_islands.html (228 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Worlds Apart -- Sep. 11, 1950
		Between the barren spot of U.S. land called Little Diomede and the Russian island called Big Diomede lies 2% miles of Bering Strait and the International Dateline.
		From big, weather-worn Father Bernard R. Hubbard, the 61-year-old "Glacier Priest" whose Alaskan explorations are known around the world, came a postcard last week to Alaska Authoress Barrett (Spawn of the North) Willoughby.
		Today, as I write this, I am gazing at tomorrow, 2½ miles across the straits separating the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. A Soviet lookout is observing my Little Diomede mission as I pick him out in my binoculars.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,813172,00.html (352 words)

	ALASKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Little Diomede Island, in the Bering Strait, is only 4 km (2.5 mi) from Russia's Big Diomede Island.
		Alaska has many lakes, the largest of which is Iliamna Lake (2,675 sq km/1,033 sq mi) in the south.
		Several big lakes, such as Becharof Lake, Naknek Lake, and Kukaklek Lake, are on the Alaska Peninsula.
	alaskan.com /docs/ak.html (2929 words)

	Ask A GeoGeek
		It was once a large volcano that erupted leaving behind the largest undamaged caldera in the world.
		Diomede Islands are two islands in the Bering Strait (less than 100 miles from the Arctic Circle) between Alaska and Siberia.
		One is know as Little Diomede which is part of the United States and Big Diomede is part of Russia.
	geography.berkeley.edu /BUGs/GeoGeeks/GeoGeekQA.html (4932 words)

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		Enjoy a day at sea, relaxing on deck or in one of the Odyssey's well-appointed lounges, conversing with fellow passengers, reading a good book, or being lulled by the easy sweep of wind and waves.
		On Big Diomede Island -- located just 2 miles from the U.S.'s Little Diomede -- view the remnants of a Russian military base and observation post that was operative during the Cold War.
		Then sail for Naukan Village to explore this Eskimo village, which houses a memorial to Dehznev as well as a Russian polar station.
	expeditioncruises.com /.docs/ship_id/10006/tour_id/10051/pg/ships.html (1227 words)

	KNOM: The Nome Static,
		It was a rare clear, calm day; usually, the weather at the isolated village is windy and stormy.
		The village is located on the western side of the jagged, rocky island, only three miles from the Russian island of Big Diomede, across the Bering Strait and the International Date Line.
		During the Cold War, Big Diomede was the site of a Russian military base.
	www.knom.org /static/419 (1235 words)

	Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Three miles from Alaska is an island named Big Diomede Island, which belongs to Russia.
		On the other side, there is an island named Little Diomede Island that belongs to the United States.
		It sounds like a lot, but for a big state like Alaska, it's a tiny amount.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/usa99/ak.htm (567 words)

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