Snow covers the village of Little Diomede on the arrival date of the joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition. Organized to promote better relations between the United States and the USSR, the expedition encouraged natives of Alaska to visit relatives in the Soviet Union. Team members trekked 800 miles through the Soviet Union to the International Date Line and then continued on to a welcoming ceremony at Little Diomede
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Little Diomede
State: Alaska (AK)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: MASTER Sergeant Ed Boyce
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
23/04/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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