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	Alaska Division of Community Advocacy
		The islands were named in 1728 by Vitus Bering in honor of Saint Diomede.
		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.
	www.commerce.state.ak.us /dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Diomede (802 words)

	Diomede Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede and Little Diomede) are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
		Big Diomede Island is Russia's easternmost point, while Alaska's Aleutian Islands extend the United States' land further west.
		The Diomede Islands are often mentioned as likely intermediate stops for a bridge or tunnel spanning the Bering Strait.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/d/di/diomede_islands.html (173 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/Diomede_Islands (325 words)

	Diomede Islands -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The islands straddle international borders as well as the (An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian) International date line.
		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.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/diomede_islands.htm (175 words)

	Alaska Division of Community Advocacy
		Diomede is located on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Straits, 135 miles northwest of Nome.
		Early Eskimos on the islands were fearless men of the ice and sea, with an advanced culture practicing elaborate whale hunting ceremonies.
		Some residents are interested in relocating the village, due to the rocky slopes and harsh storms, lack of useable land for housing construction, and inability to construct a water/sewer system, landfill or airport.
	www.dced.state.ak.us /dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Diomede&Data_Type=Overview (684 words)

	Diomede - Nome Census Area, Alaska - American Local History Network
		Diomede does not have an airstrip but there is a helicopter landing pad.
		Diomede is only 2.5 miles from the Russian controlled Big Diomede Island.
		Diomede is a second class city incorporated in 1970.
	www.rootsweb.com /~aknome/diomede.html (532 words)

	PBS - Harriman: Little Diomede
		The Islands are separated not only by national affiliation, but also by the International Dateline, which runs through the small stretch of Bering Sea between the island group.
		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.
	www.pbs.org /harriman/current/profiles/diomede.html (594 words)

	Alaska Journal of Commerce: Little Diomede has oldest, costliest mail drop 03/18/02
		She is one of the island's 147 mostly Ingalikmiut Eskimo inhabitants.
		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.
		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)

	Vitus Bering - Arctic Explorers - All Things Arctic
		Big Diomede Island (Russia) and Little Diomede Island (United States) lie less than 3 miles apart in the middle of the strait.
		The three miles separating Big Diomede Island (Asia) and Little Diomede Island (North America) is the shortest distance between the two continents.
		Frozen over from October until June, the Bering Strait is an arm of the North Pacific Ocean, bounded on the east by Alaska, on the south by the Aleutian Islands, and on the west by Siberia (Russian Asia) and the Kamchatka Peninsula.
	www.allthingsarctic.com /exploration/bering.aspx (458 words)

	Birds of Little Diomede Island, Alaska
		On June 9 an adult male flew north along the shore near the village and a male in subadult plumage was shot on the hillside behind the village.
		None was seen near Little Diomede until May 16 when leads opened near the island, at which time flocks of several hundred were present, and by May 20 many thousands were present on the water.
		Little Diomede is situated in Bering Strait 20 nautical miles west of Cape Prince of Wales and 2.25 miles east of Big Diomede (USSR).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v062n06/p0457-p0463.html (8081 words)

	Russia - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		The most practical way to describe Russia is as a main part (a large contiguous portion with its off-shore islands) and an exclave (at the southeast corner of the Baltic Sea).
		The easternmost point in Russia is Big Diomede Island (Ostrova Ratmanova); the westernmost, the boundary with Poland on a 60-km-long (40-mi-long) spit of land separating the Gulf of Gdańsk from the Vistula Lagoon.
		This island is nevertheless further west than Big Diomede, by two time zones, and by over 44° of longitude, all but the nominal width of three of those eleven time zones.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Russia (2210 words)

	University Of Alaska, Stories
		On the Island of Little Diomede in the Bering Straits, a kugeri stands which has for generations protected its inhabitants from some of the severest weather on earth.
		Little Diomede Island is located at the narrowest place in the Bering Strait, between the Chukchi Peninsula to the west and the Seward Peninsula to the east, where the weather can be very severe.
		The people of Wales and Port Clarence were culturally very similar to the Little Diomede people, but because the Diomede Islanders had an abundance of stone to work with and used it extensively, their homes had a unique design and appearance.
	www.alaska.edu /opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=108 (979 words)

	Diomede Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The larger island, Big Diomede (Russian Ostrov Ratmanova [Ratmanov Island]), has an area of 4 sq mi (10 sq km) and is part of the Chukchi autonomous okrug, in Russia.
		There are numerous islands in the strait, including the two Diomede Islands (about 6 sq mi [16 sq km]), and to the south of the strait...
		The traditional economic activity of the Yupik-speaking Eskimo was the hunting of sea mammals, especially seals, walrus, and, until the latter half of the 19th century, whales.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9030534 (882 words)

	Scientific Studies of the Arctic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		One of our objectives is the development of a permanent water intake system on Little Diomede Island, in the center of Bering Strait, which will permit documenting year-round the flow of nutrient-rich water north through Bering Strait.
		Big Diomede Island in Russia (in background) is about 5 km away.
		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 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)

	Issihk.com - Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Alaska's Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait is 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Big Diomede Island, or Ratmanov Island, which belongs to Russia.
		Southwestern Alaska is composed of the narrow Alaska Peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, and Kodiak Island.
		Alaska's Pribilof Islands lie in the Bering Sea northeast of the Aleutian Islands.
	www.issicn.com /alaska.htm (2488 words)

	CANOE Travel - USA - Little Diomede Island is unusual millennium destination
		Most of the island's 160 residents are Ingalikmiut Eskimos who live on fish, crab, walrus and seal.
		But the island's location -- about a mile east of the international date line -- has attracted attention from those looking for an exotic locale to celebrate the passing of the old millennium and the arrival of the new one.
		For a visitor standing atop the island on one of its rare clear days, the vastness of the arctic unfolds to the edges of the horizon.
	www.canoe.ca /Travel/USA/Alaska/2003/09/22/199658.html (792 words)

	Anchorage Daily News \| Diomede mail run is often a white-knuckle ride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Little Diomede Island, home to 147 mostly Ingalikmiut Eskimo inhabitants, is less than 3 square miles.
		The island's rocky, steep slopes prohibit construction of a runway.
		Big Diomede Island, two miles away in Russia, and home to a military base, was heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, Penttila said.
	arctic.bio.utk.edu /AEO/Anchorage_News_EPenttila.htm (850 words)

	Trans Global Highway. A proposal by Frank X. Didik, May 2006
		It is further proposed that the tunnel pass though both Little and Big Diomede islands which can be used for ventilation shafts and possibly as a relief station.
		The terrain of the Diomedes as well as the Russian Asiatic mainland is similar to the fiords of Norway, though the tops of the hills again are very similar to the rolling grassy hills of Scotland.
		Further, the Sakhalin Island region is very wealthy, being one of the major oil producing regions of the world.
	www.didik.com /highway (3749 words)

	Chukotka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Chukotka is situated in the Russian Far East and is washed by the waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Strait and the Bering Sea from three sides correspondingly.
		Wrangel Island (Ostrov Vrangelya) in the Arctic sea and Big Diomede Island (Ostrov Ratmanova) in the Bering Strait form a part of Chukotka.
		However, the most important animals for hunting are sea mammals: grey whales, bowhead whales, beluga (hunting of killer whales is a traditional taboo in the same way it is for bears and wolfs), walruses and different kinds of seals.
	www.connexion-dte.dk /tjukotka_en.htm (536 words)

	www.ilovealaska.com/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		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)

	Crossing the Bering Strait and Beringian Gap - Angus Adventures
		These islands can be used as a resting point during a crossing of the Bering Strait, however, being in the proximity of Russia’s Big Diomede Island will reduce the chance of a successful crossing from Alaska to Russia.
		There is a heavy military presence on Big Diomede and the soldiers will turn back any explorers trying to sneak into their country.
		The mouth of the Yukon River is situated at the closest point to St. Lawrence Island for the crossing to Siberia.
	www.angusadventures.com /beringstrait.html (1977 words)

	Diomede Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		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.
		The first European explorer to the islands was the Danish Vitus Bering in 1728.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DiomedeI1.asp (247 words)

	Trembly's Travels: Little Diomede Island and Gambell
		I had always read and studied about Little Diomede, just across the Date line from Russia, the last outpost of America, so while I was so nearby, I had to go.
		In Diomede the weather is too cold and there are only 4 small streets, paths only, to walk on.
		I enjoyed my trip to these 2 islands and was so glad I had the experience to learn about a native culture that is still part of the USA.
	www.cristytrembly.com /travel/diomede.html (1414 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.
		Winds blow consistently from the north, averaging 17 mph, with gusts to 60 or 80 mph.
	www.ap.org /alaska/Diomede.htm (992 words)

	Diomede Islands - TheBestLinks.com - Big Diomede, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Bridge, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Diomede Islands - TheBestLinks.com - Big Diomede, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Bridge,...
		Big Diomede, Diomede Islands, Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Bridge, Russia, Siberia...
		The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede, also known as Ratmanov Island, and Little Diomede) are two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Big_Diomede.html (251 words)

	Russia
		The principal island possessions of Russia lie in the Arctic and Pacific oceans.
		The other Arctic islands, from west to east, include the two islands that constitute Novaya Zemlya, Vaygach Island, the group of islands called Severnaya Zemlya, the New Siberian Islands, and Wrangel Island.
		In the Pacific Ocean are the Kuril Islands, which extend in an arc southwest from the southern extremity of the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka to Japan, and are the subject of a long-running dispute with Japan over ownership and fishing rights.
	www.ovayonda.ws /lodging/country/ru.html (723 words)

	Alaska magazine \| FAQs: Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
		Alaska is one-fifth the size of the Lower 48 states, 488 times larger than Rhode Island, two and a half times larger than Texas, and larger than the next three largest states in the U.S. combined.
		Little Diomede Island off the west coast of Alaska is only 2.5 miles from Russia's Big Diomede Island.
		Alaska has 6,640 miles of coastline (longer than that of all of the rest of the lower 48 states) and, including islands, 33,904 miles of shoreline.
	www.alaskamagazine.com /faq/geography.shtml (362 words)

	Alaska - USA State, Alaska, north by Arctic Ocean, east by Yukon Territory, southeast by British Columbia, south by ...
		Several big lakes, such as Becharof Lake, Naknek Lake, and Kukaklek Lake, are on the Alaska Peninsula.
		When the region was first visited by Europeans, in the early 18th century, it was inhabited by Eskimo in the north, west, and Prince William Sound area; Aleuts in the southeast; Athabascans in the interior and Cook Inlet area; and Tlingit and Tlairda in the southeast.
		In 1942 the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor (on Amaknak Island, near Unalaska Island) and occupied Attu and Kiska islands, in the Aleutians.
	www.4to40.com /earth/history/print.asp?article=earth_history_alaska (3200 words)

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