You CAN walk from US to Russia! The Diomedes, in the Bering Straight Alaska is rarely talked about.
Original vid posted to TikTok: @map_nerd - 20M liked it so figured I'd share with you too!...
You probably know that Alaska and Russia are relatively close – with just the Bering Sea between them, they’re only about 55 miles apart.
But there’s an American town that is much closer, just a couple miles from Russia. And In winter, they can actually walk there, but they don’t… I don’t think.
Diomede is an American town of about 100 people on a small island in the Bering Sea called Little Diomede Island.
It is one of the two Diomede Islands that sit about halfway between mainland Alaska and mainland Russia.
The western island – Big Diomede – is Russian. The eastern island – Little Diomede – is American. They are 2.5 miles apart. The only thing between them is water. In winter, the notoriously cold water freezes up, creating a 2.5 mile ice bridge that’s walkable. (I’m told it takes about a half hour). So technically you CAN walk from the US to Russia.
If you do, you also instantaneously step into the future bc Big Diomede is 21 hours ahead of Little Diomede. The international date line falls right smack between them so you can literally step a whole day ahead.
I like finding interesting things on maps. Hope you do too.
Born From Gulags, This Ex-USSR City Is The Most Depressing Place on Earth | Norilsk Russia
Located in the heart of Northern Siberia, sitting deep inside the Arctic permafrost, lies Norilsk, one of the northernmost inhabited cities in the world. Norilsk is Russia's most polluted city. It's nearly completely isolated, restricted from tourists, cannot be reached by road, and was built on the ruins of a forced labor camp. It inhabits 177,000 people.
Timestamps:
0:00 Norilsk, Russia
0:35 Stalin, Gulags, USSR
1:47 Why Do People Live Here?
3:14 Climate
4:05 Civilian Life
5:09 Blood River
This Stubborn Homeowner Refused To Move So They Demolished His House...
Intro Song: Molchat doma - Kletka
Background Music: Russian Doomer Music - Ambient
On the road near kudymkar
Beautiful Russian roads
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Ан-24 а/к Комиавиатранс | Рейс Сыктывкар - Воркута
Обзор перелета на самолете Ан-24РВ авиакомпании Комиавиатранс, рейс из Сыктывкара в Воркуту.
Информация о рейсе:
Авиакомпания: Комиавиатранс (KO)
Номер рейса: KO 163
Маршрут: Сыктывкар - Воркута
IATA: SCW-VKT
Дата: март 2021
Время в пути: 2:20
Борт RA-46695 - Ан-24РВ
Место: 9Г
Стоимость билета: 4500 руб
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Jäätynyt Kiiminkijoki -27⁰C Frozen Kiiminki-river 17.12.2009 10:33 - फिनलैंड और ठंढ
Temperature -27⁰C (-16,6⁰F)! Landscapes of a frozen Kiiminki-river Haukipudas, chillingly cold weather! Maisemia jäätyneeltä Kiiminkijoelta Haukiputaalta hyytävän kylmässä säässä! Erik Satie Gymnopedie 2.
kylmä kylmyys pakkanen hall külm pakane la temperatura bajo cero frâsil froid gélassage gélassure gel gelée blanche fagy brinata freddo gelata gelo vėsa šaltis animus alienior frigedo animi frigus gelu sals kou koude nachtvorst vorst chłód dreszcz mróz nocny przymrozek zimno geada мороз озноб стужа холод mrazenie mráz förfång köld kyla minus soguk hava ryp acar heladas xeadas sioc beku gelades παγετό beku ġlata الصقيع слана כפור ठंढ 霜פראָסט 霜凍霜冻 서리мраз فراست น้ำค้างแข็ง sota zero Kälte Nachtfrost below cold frost frostiness bajo cero frío helada hielo don fagyot lamig theluji zmrzali inghet givre
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פולאר לילה חושך ध्रुवीय रात अंधकार الليل القطبي والظلام 極夜暗闇の中 פּאָליאַר נאַכט פֿינצטערניש 極夜黑暗 极夜黑暗 폴라 밤 어둠 Πολική νύχτα το σκοτάδι Поларна ноќ темнината قطبی در شب تاریکی Поларна ноћ мрак คืน ขั้วโลก ความ มืด Полярна ніч темрява Палярная ноч цемра Полярная ночь темнота
Aikuistubettajat, Hannu Lihavainen,
A Glass of Water Saved a Plane And 72 Passengers
The plane had been used for 20 years, but it had never suffered a single accident before, so the cabin crew had no doubts the flight would be easy. Passengers got on board the plane; flight attendants nonchalantly checked their boarding passes; everything went as usual.
But what happened after that was really scary. No electricity onboard, all equipment down, no airport in sight, and only a half-forgotten runway deep in the Siberian snow forest. It’s hard to imagine a worse scenario for a passenger plane landing, so it’s a real miracle that everyone ended up safe and sound. And all of it thanks to… a glass of water.
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TIMESTAMPS:
The first signs of trouble 1:04
The plane became crippled 2:07
How a glass of water helped them 2:47
A place to land is found but... 3:48
There was no panic 6:00
Landing 6:27
What happened to the airplane 8:35
#planecrashes #planeaccidents #planesurvive
Music by Epidemic Sound
SUMMARY:
- The plane had been used for 20 years, but it had never suffered a single accident before, so the cabin crew had no doubts the flight would be easy.
- The electronic equipment started acting abnormally, but the pilots shrugged it off as a nuisance and continued the flight. Air traffic control also neglected the problem.
- Just 8 minutes after the announcement, the lights in the cabin went off. Only the flight attendants paid any attention to it, believing everything was alright. In the cockpit, though, the situation immediately became desperate.
- Without the equipment, the plane became crippled. It was still operable, but all the navigational systems refused to work, the radio went offline, and the fuel transfer pumps were also lost.
- Without any means to control the angle at which they descended, they used an old and almost forgotten trick: a glass of water put on the control panel.
- As Captain Novosyolov later said in an interview, it was a pure stroke of luck that they saw a landing strip near the town of Izhma. It was an old airport that had been abandoned for a long time and closed for any aircraft except helicopters.
- Despite the abandonment of the airport, airport supervisor Sergey Sotnikov, of his own will, kept the runway in a good condition for all those years. He cut down the emerging brush, swept away garbage, and even drew the runway marking when it faded.
- Before the last attempt at landing, all passengers and the cabin crew were transferred to the front of the plane to be ready for an emergency evacuation.
- The emergency escape slides were dispatched. And all 72 passengers along with all 9 crew members safely went down to the ground. None of them were even slightly injured.
- The lucky passengers and crew were transported by helicopters to nearby Ukhta, from where they went on to Moscow by another plane, and only one family decided they’d had enough air travel for a lifetime and took a train instead.
- Sergey Novosyolov and his co-pilot Andrey Lamanov were made Heroes of the Russian Federation, while the rest of the cabin crew received the Orders of Courage.
- After that, the aircraft continued performing flights for another 7 years. It received its own nickname, Izhma, and in September 2018 it flew for the last time.
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UTair B737 Crash Lands In Russia
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Quite terrifying the plane came in at such speed! Glad everyone safely evacuated.
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Russian snow (invaded) the united kingdom (with) snow covering the whole of the country !! The worst in twenty years seen in england .... The roads all came to a stand still with a 5 minute journey taking a hour with cars breaking down,crashing,losing control (M25) was a nightmare in the early hours of the morning (and) was a nightmare even at 06:00 hrs !! this is a look at cheshunt motorway (A10) lending to the highstreet (at the) traffic lights .... stay at home (don!t drive) or go to work !! But not many knew how bad the conditions were until they hit the roads ......20cms of snow (with) lots more to come in the week .... (who needs) russia or moscow ...
*RARE* Russian Helicopter landing at KDTS
This is the first time I have seen this type of helicopter in person. I'm sorry I do not for sure know the name of this helicopter... This was shot on my iPhone 5 so I apologize about the quality! This helicopter belongs to a contracting company down in Florida. This airport was KDTS, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport located in the panhandle of Florida. I was very shocked to see this aircraft:) Very cool sight thought. I have a video of flying over the beach and surrounding area coming soon:) So stay tuned!!!! Thanks for watching!
Boeing 737 Hard Landing and Belly Slide
Boeing 737 Hard Landing and Belly Slide in Russia. Everyone is safe and sound thank to the the great airplane manufacturer. Video that shows a hard landing impact by B737 that collapsed gear, however airplanes structure held strong to keep everyone safe. Boeing team - Great job!
#boeing, #737
God bless you all!
Kostroma Region Ice Hockey championship
Kostroma Region Ice Hockey championship, Russia, 2004.
Tschukotka - Mit Bike und Raft ans Ende der Welt
[DE] Tschukotka – das ist der nordöstlichste Zipfel Russlands, gleich gegenüber von Alaska. Vollkommen abgeschnitten vom Wegenetz des restlichen Landes und unter dem strengen Regime der russischen Grenzschützer, lässt sich dieser Teil des Planeten so schwer bereisen, wie kaum ein anderer (nun.. jetzt wahrscheinlich noch schwieriger). Vier Jahre lang kämpfte ich für eine Sondergenehmigung, um schließlich im Sommer 2018 mit Fatbike und Packraft das unbesiedelte Landesinnere von den Kolymasümpfen bis zur Beringsee zu durchqueren. Ein Privileg, das bisher nur wenigen westlichen Individualreisenden vergönnt war...
Zu diesem Abenteuer hatte ich schon vor zweieinhalb Jahren eine Multimedia-Präsentation ausgearbeitet, die ich mit Live-Vorträgen einem breiten Publikum vorstellen wollte, doch dann kam Corona und es gab keinerlei Auftritte... Nun scheint es aber an der Zeit, diese Geschichte endlich erzählen zu können – vielleicht gerade jetzt umso mehr, damit nicht in Vergessenheit gerät, dass hinter der politischen Fassade Russlands auch noch ganz normale und sympathisch verrückte Menschen mit großem Herzen leben!
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[EN] Chukotka is the northeasternmost tip of Russia, just across from Alaska. Completely cut off from the rest of the country's road network and under the strict regime of Russian border guards, this part of the planet is harder to travel to than almost any other (well... probably even harder now). For four years I fought for a special permit to finally cross the uninhabited interior of the country from the Kolyma swamps to the Bering Sea with a fatbike and packraft in the summer of 2018. A privilege that was only granted to a few western individual travelers...
Two and a half years ago I had worked out a multimedia presentation for this adventure, which I wanted to present to a wide audience with live lectures, but then Corona came and there were no performances... But now it seems finally time to be able to tell this story - perhaps even more so now, so that people don't forget that behind the political facade of Russia there are still completely normal and likeable crazy people with big hearts!
[RU] Чукотка — самая северо-восточная оконечность России, прямо напротив Аляски. Полностью отрезанная от остальной дорожной сети страны и находящаяся под строгим режимом российских пограничников, в эту часть планеты добраться труднее, чем почти в любую другую (ну... сейчас, наверное, еще труднее). В течение четырех лет я боролся за специальное разрешение, чтобы летом 2018 года наконец-то пересечь безлюдные внутренние районы страны от колымских болот до Берингова моря на фэтбайке и пакрафте. Привилегия, которая была предоставлена лишь нескольким западным путешественникам-индивидуалам...
Два с половиной года назад я разработал мультимедийную презентацию этого приключения, которую хотел представить широкой аудитории с живыми лекциями, но потом пришел вирус, а спектаклей не было... Но вот, кажется, наконец пришло время в состоянии рассказать эту историю - может быть, даже больше сейчас, чтобы люди не забывали, что за политическим фасадом России есть еще вполне нормальные и симпатичные сумасшедшие с большим сердцем!
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