Many folks seem to forget, or just surprisingly never knew that one of greatest enemies is right next door…
For those who think Russia is all the way on the other side of the world… It’s approximately 55 miles from us at the Bering Strait’s narrow point.
However, in the body of water between Alaska and Russia, known as the Bering Strait, there lies two small islands known as Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Interesting enough, Big Diomede is owned by Russia while Little Diomede is owned by the US.
The stretch of water between these two islands is only about 2.5 miles wide and actually freezes over during the winter so you could technically walk from the US to Russia on this seasonal sea ice.