Sitting at the Edge of Time: The Diomedes
The Diomede Islands are a place of contrast unlike any on earth. The small sliver of water between these two tiny islands, which sit in the middle of the Bearing Sea, is the precise point at which the Eastern Hemisphere meets the Western Hemisphere, where America meets Russia, and where today meets tomorrow at the all powerful international dateline. It is where Americans look at Russia and the future out of their bedroom windows and can literally walk there during the winter. And, more recently, it is where Sarah Palin summons her supposed foreign policy bona fides (watch the video after the jump). As such, these two small rocks inhabited by small Inuit populations and military outposts offer an extreme opportunity to stand at the nexus of time and culture all at once. Let’s explore Little Diomede (USA) and Big Diomede (Russia) after the jump…
