Diomede: Dateline Cam, Little
Diomede is best known in Alaska for its isolated position on Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait. The compact community clings to a narrow coastal strip beneath steep, treeless rock, with the open strait defining everyday life. Little Diomede lies just east of Big Diomede, part of Russia; the international border and International Date Line run between the two islands. Diomede is an Iñupiat community, and subsistence harvesting from the surrounding sea remains an important part of local life. There are no road links to mainland Alaska. Its setting lies at one of the most consequential geographic divides between North America and Asia.
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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.
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