Diomede

Few cities in Alaska have a history as closely tied to the U.S.–Russia border as Diomede. The community occupies the western shore of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, facing Russia’s Big Diomede across the international boundary. The islands were long connected by Indigenous Iñupiat life, but the Cold War made their narrow channel a heavily restricted division between the United States and the Soviet Union. Diomede remains an isolated island settlement, reached by air rather than road and shaped by sea ice, weather and the seasonal rhythms of the strait. Browse additional webcams from the Bering Strait area to extend your view of Alaska’s far northwest.

Generated by AI