I live about 160 miles from Russia and live right by the ocean. 2 people did this a while back and got arrested in Russia but I'm not sure if they swam part way..
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if its cold enough you can walk on the ice burges....if your name is jesus you could walk on the water............
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They probably took a boat. There is a body of water called the Bering Straight between you and Russia, and it is most likely too cold and stormy (and too wide) for anyone to swim across. In winter, it might be theoretically possible to walk to Russia across the ice, but it would be very dangerous, I believe, because ice shifts and melts, and sometimes opens up. And you would have to cover 55 miles of ice coverd ocean at the very least. ------------------------------------- For the benefit of the geographically challenged, the Bering Strait is the stretch of water, 55 miles across at its narrowest, between western Alaska and eastern Siberia, the place where the U.S. and Russia come the closest to connecting. In fact, since it is frozen over more than half the year, it's the point at which the two countries do connect....
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Surely.... but only in winter when the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia freezes over. But I'd be very careful...Drift and underlying currents create open water channels between the ice making this trip very dangerous. But, it's not impossible. Go for it...
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yes
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It owuld have to be cold enough for a long time, which is probably not so unusual that far north, granted you do get the California current that can keep water, and air temperature, fairly warm more toward Anchorage. Some of that may extend up that far. I worked with an architecture firm that built a school on Little Diomede Island in the strait. They had a 6-week window to ship goods because it was frozen over the rest of the year. So it is certainly possible. People got arrested? Probably for post 9-11 security reasons.
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