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I did specify.
I did specify.
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Fascinating Facts: Alaska & the Russian Far East
"Divided Twins" – Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko describing Alaska and Siberia.
"At the dawn of the 21st century, Alaska and the Russian Far east can join hands across the Bering Sea to build on our long history together, cooperate in ventures that can benefit the economies, environment and peoples of both regions." – Alaska Governor Tony Knowles
Alaska and Russia are a mere snowball’s throw away. On a clear day, you can see from here to there, from today to tomorrow – and you can even walk!
At their closest Alaska and Russia are 2.5 miles apart – the distance between Little Diomede Island, Alaska, and Big Diomede Island, Russia. The two islands straddle the U.S.-Russian maritime border in the middle of the Bering Strait. In mid-winter, when the Bering Strait freezes, it is possible to walk between the two islands – from American to Russia, from today to tomorrow, or from Russia to the United States, from today to yesterday. It is even possible to stand on the frozen Bering Strait, with one foot in America and one foot in Russia, straddling the frontiers of distant boundaries and time travel. But don’t try it. You can be taken into custody by border guards. And the frozen Bering Strait can have huge ice ridges as well as open holes of water (polynyas). 55 miles separate the Alaska and Russian mainland at the point where Alaska’s Seward Peninsula and Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula reach out toward each other. Alaskan and Russian Eskimos travel by walrus skin boat between the Alaska villages on St. Lawrence Island and the Chukotka villages near Provideniya. The prevailing theory is that America was first peopled by a land migration across the Bering Strait more than 10,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped in the last ice age leaving a wide swath of land – Beringia or the Bering Land Bridge – connecting the Asia and American continents. The Bering Strait has long served as a lure for those seeking to pursue geographic, travel, cultural and even political adventures that span one of the world’s most out-of-the-way boundaries. People have tried to cross the Bering Strait – and some have succeeded – by walking, swimming, wind-surfing, hot air balloon, skiing, dog sled, kayak and even, unbelievably, by driving (and failing). Gennady Gerasimov, Gorbachev’s spokesman, in one of his many visits to Alaska, once stood on Little Diomede Island in the middle of the Bering Strait, and with great emotion, remarked on being able to stand on American soil and see the Motherland. The 150 residents of Little Diomede Island, Alaskan Eskimos and American citizens, live on a slope that faces west, which means that from their homes, they cannot see Alaska and the United States, but on a clear day, they can see Big Diomede Island and the Russian mainland.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/trade/2003/tad/russia/facts.htm
"Divided Twins" – Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko describing Alaska and Siberia.
"At the dawn of the 21st century, Alaska and the Russian Far east can join hands across the Bering Sea to build on our long history together, cooperate in ventures that can benefit the economies, environment and peoples of both regions." – Alaska Governor Tony Knowles
Alaska and Russia are a mere snowball’s throw away. On a clear day, you can see from here to there, from today to tomorrow – and you can even walk!
At their closest Alaska and Russia are 2.5 miles apart – the distance between Little Diomede Island, Alaska, and Big Diomede Island, Russia. The two islands straddle the U.S.-Russian maritime border in the middle of the Bering Strait. In mid-winter, when the Bering Strait freezes, it is possible to walk between the two islands – from American to Russia, from today to tomorrow, or from Russia to the United States, from today to yesterday. It is even possible to stand on the frozen Bering Strait, with one foot in America and one foot in Russia, straddling the frontiers of distant boundaries and time travel. But don’t try it. You can be taken into custody by border guards. And the frozen Bering Strait can have huge ice ridges as well as open holes of water (polynyas). 55 miles separate the Alaska and Russian mainland at the point where Alaska’s Seward Peninsula and Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula reach out toward each other. Alaskan and Russian Eskimos travel by walrus skin boat between the Alaska villages on St. Lawrence Island and the Chukotka villages near Provideniya. The prevailing theory is that America was first peopled by a land migration across the Bering Strait more than 10,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped in the last ice age leaving a wide swath of land – Beringia or the Bering Land Bridge – connecting the Asia and American continents. The Bering Strait has long served as a lure for those seeking to pursue geographic, travel, cultural and even political adventures that span one of the world’s most out-of-the-way boundaries. People have tried to cross the Bering Strait – and some have succeeded – by walking, swimming, wind-surfing, hot air balloon, skiing, dog sled, kayak and even, unbelievably, by driving (and failing). Gennady Gerasimov, Gorbachev’s spokesman, in one of his many visits to Alaska, once stood on Little Diomede Island in the middle of the Bering Strait, and with great emotion, remarked on being able to stand on American soil and see the Motherland. The 150 residents of Little Diomede Island, Alaskan Eskimos and American citizens, live on a slope that faces west, which means that from their homes, they cannot see Alaska and the United States, but on a clear day, they can see Big Diomede Island and the Russian mainland.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/trade/2003/tad/russia/facts.htm
Everyone except belligerent idiots...such as frog...know that Palin was being tic about seeing Russia. Still, I found this from an Alaska native.
"Although you can’t see the cliffs of Chukotka from the BEACH, if you get get a 100 feet or more up the hill right behind the school, you CAN see the Russian Mainland on clear days."
meme
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you must of missed my post above yours..from the Government of Alaska of all people, but what do they know..
Take anything from Baked Alaska with a HUGE grain of salt. She's still seeing the little people coming out of the woodwork.
There is a reason her men work The Slope.
You would too.
Yes, and instead of apologising to you, you just got the spin of "but but but"
I also note you are still getting the guff of not being from Alaska. You can thank the two stupid nasties darla and frog for that.
TuTu Monroe
A Realist
Damn, how many times do I have to post this?
Tina Fey is the one who kept saying Palin saw Russia from her home.
What Sarah Palin really said was:
And, Charlie, you're in Alaska. We have that very narrow maritime border between the United States, and the 49th state, Alaska, and Russia. They are our next door neighbors.We need to have a good relationship with them. They're very, very important to us and they are our next door neighbor.
GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
PALIN: They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it's in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.
GIBSON: Would you favor putting Georgia and Ukraine in NATO?
PALIN: Ukraine, definitely, yes. Yes, and Georgia.
GIBSON: Because Putin has said he would not tolerate NATO incursion into the Caucasus.
PALIN: Well, you know, the Rose Revolution, the Orange Revolution, those actions have showed us that those democratic nations, I believe, deserve to be in NATO.
USFREEDOM911
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Let it go; because the LIberals have allready convinced themselves that it's true and they're not about to let any amount of truth past that belief.
Liberals have always tried to rewrite history and all they've done is to double thier efforts; because they're actually afraid that their brief grasp of power is slowly fading away, which will once again regulate them to the back of the closet.
apple0154
MEOW
While Tina Fey put a comedic twist on Palin's remarks I think the point people are trying to get across is the proximity to Russia has no bearing on Palin's foreign policy experience.
If you recall she mentioned the land border between Alaska and Canada, as well. Again, the proximity of foreign countries to ones own country has no relevance to ones foreign policy experience. If it did then every resident of Alaska, including Froggie, could claim foreign policy experience.
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Palin = idiot.
There. Move on.
There. Move on.
What bunk Apple. Palin as Governor of Alaska was kept abreast of any and all foreign policy issues relating to Russia and Canada. She created budgets around military operations directly related to Russia. Canada is a trade partner with the US and sharing a border DOES require working with that foreign government. Last but not least, Palin certain had more executive management and foreign policy experience during the elction than the Obamanation did.
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Who cares? She's stupid.