You CAN walk from US to Russia! The Diomedes, in the Bering Straight Alaska is rarely talked about.

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  • Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
  • 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.

Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @alfredozuniga9179
    @alfredozuniga9179 2 года назад +5357

    “I hate Mondays. You know what… I’m walking back to Sunday.”

    • @nathink7997
      @nathink7997 2 года назад +344

      "Ugh Monday again guess ill go to Russia so its Tuesday"

    • @ph-swaggg4552
      @ph-swaggg4552 2 года назад +89

      "it's sunday? well it's time to go back Saturday!"

    • @Ace-ci2id
      @Ace-ci2id 2 года назад +26

      No you’d be walking forward into Tuesday, they’re ahead in time not backwards. Lol but I get the joke.

    • @CodyGissel
      @CodyGissel 2 года назад +72

      @@Ace-ci2id well, one way you're walking back and the other you're walking forward. It depends which island was your starting point.

    • @eggchomp
      @eggchomp 2 года назад +3

      @@Ace-ci2id 💀

  • @napoleononahorse7083
    @napoleononahorse7083 2 года назад +25260

    "The west is Russia, the east is America"
    Well, well, well how the turntables

    • @Phatkatt13
      @Phatkatt13 2 года назад +972

      How the tables turn

    • @killianholm2283
      @killianholm2283 2 года назад +1725

      America: confused screaming

    • @billotron5521
      @billotron5521 2 года назад +1195

      @@Phatkatt13 it's a "The Office" refrence

    • @Phatkatt13
      @Phatkatt13 2 года назад +413

      @@billotron5521 ok....sorry I was confused. I never saw The Office

    • @soapbaker1968
      @soapbaker1968 2 года назад +160

      The benefits of being the two largest countries in the world

  • @boondockpaint
    @boondockpaint Год назад +7632

    Customer: "When will my package arrive?"
    Amazon: "Yesterday."

    • @kurtmckenney7662
      @kurtmckenney7662 8 месяцев назад +109

      Actually, Amazon does deliver there. They will not guarantee two day shipping.

    • @30pranaypawar17
      @30pranaypawar17 7 месяцев назад +51

      Order status: Walking across ocean.
      😲

    • @user-nc4su8qc3o
      @user-nc4su8qc3o 7 месяцев назад +2

      Amerike. Tlo. Aliaske

    • @SouvenTuduCODOH
      @SouvenTuduCODOH 7 месяцев назад

      😂🤣

    • @PcGamerify
      @PcGamerify 7 месяцев назад +7

      Amazon delivery needs to wait until it's winter

  • @sgvincent100
    @sgvincent100 8 месяцев назад +711

    I flew from Manila to Hawaii, departing Manila on Saturday evening. It turned Sunday during the flight, but when we crossed the international date line we passed back into Saturday. We landed in Honolulu around 7am Saturday. I got two Saturdays! The longest day of my life!

    • @lenchenes
      @lenchenes 8 месяцев назад +26

      Yep .... I left Philippines almost midnight, got in Guam morning then landed hawaii like in dawn, then got to the mainland early in the morning. It's cool tho

    • @catherinekilgour2563
      @catherinekilgour2563 6 месяцев назад +14

      New Year's Eve at the beginning of 2000 there were packages set up with flights and everything booked for people who wanted to see the New Year in more than once. You would start of in New 'Zealand and end up in USA.

    • @NoriPixel
      @NoriPixel 5 месяцев назад +4

      Managers hate this one trick employees use for an extra day off!!

    • @catherinekilgour2563
      @catherinekilgour2563 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@NoriPixel but the reverse is true when traveling the opposite direction. Departing Hawaii on Saturday, when you take off it is already Sunday in Manila and that isn't even taking into account the amount of time spent in the air. So on a return trip you don't end up with any extra days.
      My brother departed London on the 24th of December one year to land in Auckland on the 26th.

    • @watersbey25
      @watersbey25 5 месяцев назад

      You got 390+ likes for millions of travelers flying from Asia to USA?

  • @reverieanimates887
    @reverieanimates887 2 года назад +5084

    Imagine having two birthdays just by walking through that island.

  • @exaucemayunga22
    @exaucemayunga22 2 года назад +25834

    "I'll visit you yesterday"

  • @PsyQoBoy
    @PsyQoBoy 7 месяцев назад +1860

    Einstein: You can't travel back in time.
    Diomede residents: Hold my Ice.

    • @cotedazurnice
      @cotedazurnice 7 месяцев назад +17

      At what point should we laugh?

    • @hvatt
      @hvatt 7 месяцев назад +25

      ​Hold my ice @@cotedazurnice

    • @Brynoxer_89
      @Brynoxer_89 6 месяцев назад +23

      ​@@cotedazurniceAt your life 😊

    • @potahto_
      @potahto_ 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@cotedazurnicenegative for what

    • @cotedazurnice
      @cotedazurnice 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@potahto_ Where is the joke here? The laws of physics are fundamental. The stupid TikTok comment.

  • @arishadashkoff
    @arishadashkoff 8 месяцев назад +413

    My Mom grew up in Providence, Chukotka, since her father was in charge of the sea port construction in 1950’s. She told me that the indigenous people, like chukcha, evenks, hunts, mansi, and others, related to escimos, did indeed walk across the Bering Stream and they were allowed to cross what for others was a USSR-USA border.

    • @svefnhnuturthorgeirsson
      @svefnhnuturthorgeirsson 7 месяцев назад +91

      I like that they respected their ancestral homeland over dipshit political policies.

    • @KateeAngel
      @KateeAngel 7 месяцев назад +34

      Chukchi are not so much related to Inuit/eskimos/siberian Yupik, at least not linguistically, they just intermarry often.
      Hanty and Mansi live very far away from Chukotka, in West Siberia, that is like 6000 km away. Evenks are closer, but mostly found in East Siberia rather than Chukotka

    • @GariFFUSA
      @GariFFUSA 7 месяцев назад +12

      They still are allowed to do that.

    • @ErenKarakasli
      @ErenKarakasli 6 месяцев назад +7

      Those native and indigenous peoples you listed are also related to the Native Americans and Inuits of Canada, Greenland, and the US. There are also Chuckhi peoples in Siberia proper, and all of these people are related to the large Turkic group.

    • @jimbotron70
      @jimbotron70 5 месяцев назад +3

      Same as nomadic tribes between USSR-Finland border

  • @I-Want-Cheez
    @I-Want-Cheez 2 года назад +10985

    “Your essay is due on the 25th”
    Me: *walks from Russia to America*

  • @DeadManWalking01
    @DeadManWalking01 2 года назад +38168

    My physics teacher: 10 years of experience wasted

    • @zeusistheone4043
      @zeusistheone4043 2 года назад +360

      GTA in real life.

    • @Ritsu1
      @Ritsu1 2 года назад +95

      Gamere waiting for a new game te release:

    • @cushy_steel1905
      @cushy_steel1905 2 года назад +122

      "All the years at the academy wasted" -buzz lightyear

    • @reelbeenz
      @reelbeenz 2 года назад +51

      *10 years 21 hours

    • @Loading-lg6hs
      @Loading-lg6hs 2 года назад +5

      Lmao

  • @tauraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    @tauraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 7 месяцев назад +280

    Imagine celebrating New Years twice.

    • @gimmethepinkelephant3685
      @gimmethepinkelephant3685 7 месяцев назад +25

      Some rich people have done that. They take a plane and hop from one spot to another.

    • @blepapsula
      @blepapsula 7 месяцев назад +4

      You could do the same at every time zone border

    • @vladimirsimonov8016
      @vladimirsimonov8016 7 месяцев назад +9

      We actually celebrate New Year 2 times in Russia: on the 1st and on the 14th of January

    • @w.e.s.
      @w.e.s. 6 месяцев назад +1

      Ya with russians!!!

    • @-Muhammad_Ali-
      @-Muhammad_Ali- 6 месяцев назад +1

      Or not having one at all depending what your direction is

  • @tdflky9944
    @tdflky9944 6 месяцев назад +10

    Imagine it being December 30th, hearing the island next door shouting happy new year

  • @discotech6178
    @discotech6178 2 года назад +6864

    "Dad i want to go to russia"
    "Sure we'll take a walk"

    • @JB-Hae
      @JB-Hae 2 года назад +71

      When it was split after the big purchase, half of the families were split between the little island and mainland Russia. After more than seventy years they’re finally allowing reunions. A FB group organizes them. So, technically, your comment does happen. (Source: I’m Alaskan)

    • @scoper7897
      @scoper7897 2 года назад +11

      Who in any dimension wants to go there??? His kid would wanna stay in America much rather

    • @dandanger5637
      @dandanger5637 2 года назад

      Guards: surprise, bitch!

    • @IoT_
      @IoT_ 2 года назад +67

      @@scoper7897 it was a joke 🤣 you have some problems with sense of humour, don't you?

    • @scoper7897
      @scoper7897 2 года назад +2

      @@IoT_ it not a joke

  • @justmyopinion7233
    @justmyopinion7233 2 года назад +13899

    Time to skip Monday

    • @themonarchof3231
      @themonarchof3231 2 года назад +70

      Why would you want to skip to Monday

    • @justmyopinion7233
      @justmyopinion7233 2 года назад +412

      @@themonarchof3231 I could also skip tuesday... maybe I can skip the whole week!

    • @Atmostyx
      @Atmostyx 2 года назад +168

      @@themonarchof3231 he said he wants to skip Monday not skip to it smh

    • @sillyWaltuh
      @sillyWaltuh 2 года назад +36

      Wait what if you grab a plane from big island then fly around the world to little island and then you go back to big island do you skip 2 days

    • @Towablebean62
      @Towablebean62 2 года назад +2

      Only Saturday

  • @The_Engineerr
    @The_Engineerr 7 месяцев назад +125

    So you're telling me there's only 2 countries away from Mexico and Poland?

    • @Flynn20
      @Flynn20 7 месяцев назад +8

      💀💀

    • @ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz
      @ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz 7 месяцев назад +15

      Mexico and Norway

    • @professional.commentator
      @professional.commentator 6 месяцев назад +8

      Well more like 4. I don't think Russia and Poland share a border.

    • @markinatorina
      @markinatorina 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@professional.commentator Kaliningrad

    • @ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz
      @ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz 6 месяцев назад +13

      @@professional.commentator they do since Kaliningrad is part of Russia but it's North Korea and Norway actually because there's only 1 country between it while Kaliningrad is separated from Russia by Lithuania and Belarus which means there will be 3 countries in between Poland and North Korea

  • @WGGplant
    @WGGplant 5 месяцев назад +4

    they should throw a winter festival on the ice.

  • @khajiitimanus7432
    @khajiitimanus7432 Год назад +4963

    So, theoretically, you can celebrate your birthday at Big Diomede, then walk over to Little Diomede and celebrate it again.

  • @J.K.Moerkved
    @J.K.Moerkved 2 года назад +1685

    The phrase “I’ll knock you into next week” got a new meaning

    • @NurseSnow2U
      @NurseSnow2U 2 года назад +4

      LMAOOOOO I needed this thank you so much. No forther elaboration needed.
      Melanted Mama's chileee nothing like em. #IfYouKnowYouKnoe

    • @davidvento5481
      @davidvento5481 2 года назад +2

      *...thus spake Sarah Palin*

    • @wickednana3555
      @wickednana3555 2 года назад +2

      Good one!

    • @wickednana3555
      @wickednana3555 2 года назад

      Good one!

    • @martynas1819
      @martynas1819 2 года назад

      Good one!

  • @MB-wj5us
    @MB-wj5us 6 месяцев назад +53

    My brother delivered fuel to little diomede . People who live there are all indigenous. Their cemetery is at the highest point of the island….its just a boneyard. No graves. Got some cool stories from him

    • @snowmiaow
      @snowmiaow 5 месяцев назад +3

      That is really interesting.

  • @antondiatonikk2256
    @antondiatonikk2256 7 месяцев назад +5

    My Grandfather grew up in Nome. He talked about his relatives doing this, waking to Big Diomede! So cool that someone is talking about it

  • @StuckOnAFireHydrant
    @StuckOnAFireHydrant Год назад +2554

    Brings a whole new meaning to "I'll see you tomorrow"

    • @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio
      @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio Год назад +3

      Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. ruclips.net/p/PLUcjoO2Bj8AsiGYdzfqZyXae1lhMw_p2s

    • @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio
      @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio Год назад +10

      Matthew 18 ►
      (New International Version) "At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
      He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me."
      “If anyone causes one of these little ones-those who believe in me-to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!"

    • @denaze05
      @denaze05 Год назад +27

      "I'll see you yesterday"

    • @cheese-fe2ym
      @cheese-fe2ym Год назад

      @@JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio bot

    • @JmKrokY
      @JmKrokY Год назад +3

      🗿

  • @spencerfaithfull9247
    @spencerfaithfull9247 2 года назад +1590

    “Ice to meet you”

  • @FourOneNineOneFourOne
    @FourOneNineOneFourOne 6 месяцев назад +40

    That expedition across the ice is extremely dangerous, it's not frozen enough to withstand the currents so ice breaks into many ice floats and you have to walk/jump from one to the next one basically. And have to walk mostly north to keep up with the currents and the direction currents will be displacing towards.

    • @Johnwick52923
      @Johnwick52923 5 месяцев назад +1

      I thought so. Fuck that woukd be scary

    • @Ritz1256
      @Ritz1256 3 месяца назад

      Really shows how tough the indigenous peoples of that region are considering they used to (or still does idk) cross this strait in winter almost regularly

  • @OfficiallySnek
    @OfficiallySnek Год назад +233

    You can also step right into prison

  • @isaiahtgp5184
    @isaiahtgp5184 2 года назад +5704

    Me 1 day before bday: Walks to Russia
    The day after: Walks to America
    Two birthdays in one day 😎

    • @naeemmundekatt7991
      @naeemmundekatt7991 2 года назад +196

      This comment is chaotic

    • @odellsilva345
      @odellsilva345 2 года назад +111

      Actually you can celebrate your birthday lately after your actual birthday it doesn't matter

    • @n4gauge
      @n4gauge 2 года назад +138

      you also aged twice in 1 day

    • @odellsilva345
      @odellsilva345 2 года назад +20

      @@memethief4113 a lot of people do it not just "some"

    • @rajbhattacharya4427
      @rajbhattacharya4427 2 года назад +33

      @@memethief4113 It's actually pretty common. Some people have to work on their birthday, so they will wait until the weekend to celebrate it.

  • @listeed1995
    @listeed1995 2 года назад +2776

    One of the first genuinely interesting shorts I’ve ever watched

    • @listeed1995
      @listeed1995 2 года назад +68

      @Mr Pais No. I’ve never taken geography classes and I don’t live in the US/Russia.

    • @dibble1331
      @dibble1331 2 года назад +31

      Ikr. For once a short is actually fascinating.

    • @RandomGamer-
      @RandomGamer- 2 года назад +2

      Idrk y, but all the shorts i get are more interesting than the horizontal videos.

    • @vonwindsor1952
      @vonwindsor1952 2 года назад +2

      Same

    • @kookie_krissy6728
      @kookie_krissy6728 2 года назад +2

      Yep

  • @RandomQ11
    @RandomQ11 7 месяцев назад +5

    I have been waiting for someone to talk about these islands for years

  • @JoseDiaz-bk9mh
    @JoseDiaz-bk9mh 6 месяцев назад +13

    I tell people about this all the time. People are usually very surprised to learn this because most people never knew how close Russia and America.

    • @Zeroshiki
      @Zeroshiki 5 месяцев назад +2

      I thought Russia was across the ocean on the complete opposite side. I guess maps are confusing me. 💀

    • @redrumipod
      @redrumipod 4 месяца назад

      @@Zeroshikiit’s close but people think it’s not because mainland USA is so far from Russia

  • @jeffnarum1373
    @jeffnarum1373 2 года назад +2292

    Technically every step you take is “into the future”

    • @808stateofmind2
      @808stateofmind2 2 года назад +31

      Nah, techno you steep 2 the present 🎁 the “future” and “past” are never reachable lol T e C h N i C a L L yyyyyYyzyyzz

    • @shelbyseelbach9568
      @shelbyseelbach9568 2 года назад +4

      @@808stateofmind2 Beat me to it.

    • @omen4s976
      @omen4s976 2 года назад +14

      Time is relative so if you were able to stand completely still, time would go faster. The faster you move, the slower time goes.

    • @jaymay7957
      @jaymay7957 2 года назад +6

      And if I walk backwards? Am I going back to the future ? Haha

    • @jeffnarum1373
      @jeffnarum1373 2 года назад +4

      @@jaymay7957 Great Scott!

  • @robbiehobbs
    @robbiehobbs Год назад +840

    Imagine having a baby on the big island, then walking to the little island. Your baby would be alive before its birth date.

  • @rustinstardust2094
    @rustinstardust2094 5 месяцев назад +4

    So if you move from Big Diomede to Little Diomede you're basically traveling back in time to yesterday.

  • @The_Engineerr
    @The_Engineerr 7 месяцев назад +33

    In Russia:
    ''Honey, you forgot my birthday''
    ''Wait what?''
    ''Yes, you forgot, it's already next day, you're a bad husband''
    *Walks to the other Island*
    ''Actually it's still your birthday, Happy birthday''

  • @TXLionHeart
    @TXLionHeart 2 года назад +2456

    "I can see Russia from my house."
    I guess she was telling the truth after all...

    • @iarde3422
      @iarde3422 2 года назад +39

      She did and I see Alaska from my home.

    • @MikeJAk49
      @MikeJAk49 2 года назад +54

      Was from a snl skit.Don't like Sarah Palin myself,but she never said it.

    • @iarde3422
      @iarde3422 2 года назад +55

      @@MikeJAk49 she said something similar: you can see some parts of Russia from some parts of Alaska.

    • @iarde3422
      @iarde3422 2 года назад +8

      @fjejdhdnwhjfifjeheyd so what? To me, it was like yesterday. Time flies fast.

    • @Mote78
      @Mote78 2 года назад +51

      @@MikeJAk49
      No, she said it in response to the question what qualifications does she have to handle international relations “We can see Russia from Alaska”. It was a stupid response, a first grader could also see Russia too, does that make them qualified to handle international foreign relations? No.

  • @5153A
    @5153A Год назад +3400

    “Yeah looks like I’ll be seeing you tomorrow in about an hour”

    • @hamhockbeans
      @hamhockbeans Год назад +1

      ​@@joeadler5379 Putin is Trump daddy

    • @yourmum69_420
      @yourmum69_420 7 месяцев назад +114

      you could say that anywhere without changing time zones by just saying that at 11pm or later

    • @AutoSearPin
      @AutoSearPin 7 месяцев назад +17

      @@joeadler5379that’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard

    • @ThisNotSage
      @ThisNotSage 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@joeadler5379If you are trying to make up lies, please learn grammar more.

    • @YHWHthe1
      @YHWHthe1 7 месяцев назад +14

      So its 11pm?

  • @roboxen8447
    @roboxen8447 6 месяцев назад +21

    as a Mexican I appreciate you telling me how to cross illegally to the US

    • @anthonyharmon9265
      @anthonyharmon9265 6 месяцев назад +2

      Like you dont know already 😅 just ask your people

    • @louism.3435
      @louism.3435 6 месяцев назад

      You’re late to this already it’s not Mexicans crossing no more

    • @BIGBlazyn
      @BIGBlazyn 6 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂

  • @emptyhand777
    @emptyhand777 6 месяцев назад +3

    Walk over there, get the lotto numbers, walk back, buy a ticket.
    GENIUS!

  • @enderslime2090
    @enderslime2090 2 года назад +2061

    "I'm from the future" is real then

    • @terraspace1100
      @terraspace1100 2 года назад +29

      As well as "I'm from the past"

    • @devong1838
      @devong1838 2 года назад +6

      @@terraspace1100 we are all from the past

    • @60sspider-man29
      @60sspider-man29 2 года назад +3

      @@terraspace1100 we are all from the past

    • @huncho_los
      @huncho_los 2 года назад +1

      *Terminator voice* 😎

  • @axyspianostudio
    @axyspianostudio 2 года назад +1660

    "ferb, I know what we're gonna do today"

    • @edreed7677
      @edreed7677 2 года назад +35

      I read that in Phineas Voice😂

    • @veronicaexists7195
      @veronicaexists7195 2 года назад +33

      hey, where's Perry?

    • @Purpledlime
      @Purpledlime 2 года назад +4

      pafp

    • @AetheriusAri
      @AetheriusAri 2 года назад +22

      Moooom, Fineas and Ferb are invading invading Russia! MOM!

    • @Nevada-Habesha.Mapper
      @Nevada-Habesha.Mapper 2 года назад +21

      "Aren't you Boys a little young to be walking on an ice bridge to a different country?"

  • @kevinlucko2902
    @kevinlucko2902 5 месяцев назад +2

    Hella interesting...awesome clip!

  • @gregorystiller975
    @gregorystiller975 6 месяцев назад +2

    “I can see Russia from my house…Mama Bear!”

  • @AussieBall_Animations
    @AussieBall_Animations Год назад +860

    “Sorry teacher i’ll do my homework yesterday

    • @Rahat_nub
      @Rahat_nub Год назад +17

      “I already did my HW tomorrow tho”

    • @yasminenazarine1629
      @yasminenazarine1629 Год назад +7

      Did or do 🤨

    • @donone1493
      @donone1493 Год назад

      @@yasminenazarine1629 did if you go to Russia then come back the same day

    • @yasminenazarine1629
      @yasminenazarine1629 Год назад

      @@donone1493
      Are Russian or rafuggies living in Russia 🤨

    • @Tina-pj4lg
      @Tina-pj4lg 8 месяцев назад

      The Americans should give back Alaska back to Russia me Texas back to Mexico and free Hawaii and other island nations

  • @chipsensation6065
    @chipsensation6065 2 года назад +1459

    "I am a time traveller!"
    "How so?"
    *shows this video*

    • @Messup7654
      @Messup7654 2 года назад +4

      Haha 447 likes no reply

    • @Ktx_LazyCracker
      @Ktx_LazyCracker 2 года назад

      @@Messup7654 it’s 715 actually

    • @TheUnknownShadow03
      @TheUnknownShadow03 2 года назад

      @@Messup7654 cus it’s not funny

    • @navypinkdesign
      @navypinkdesign 2 года назад +2

      Lol this really nails it home for me when considering the statement that “time is a construct”

    • @tiestokygoericprydz3963
      @tiestokygoericprydz3963 2 года назад

      They should make a train connecting all of it with four stations

  • @paulclarke4776
    @paulclarke4776 7 месяцев назад +2

    I always remember when my brother joined the British army and when he had completed his basic training got a few days off, he brought a guy from Fiji up the road with him for some R&R. Well, this guys journey from his home to the UK was baffling regarding the time zones!!

  • @Player-xi9dx
    @Player-xi9dx 5 месяцев назад

    You can't travel back the time
    Diomede: Hold my calendar

  • @aaronthomas8834
    @aaronthomas8834 2 года назад +3070

    Y’all remember when Sarah Palin said, “you can see Russia from Alaska.” but everyone made fun of her and twisted it into “I can see Russia from my house.” Well well well…

    • @Sunshine_Daydream222
      @Sunshine_Daydream222 2 года назад +173

      Yeah, I don't think anyone even remembers her much less something random she said lol

    • @AlejandroCab98
      @AlejandroCab98 2 года назад +105

      I don’t think Sarah knew about this little island

    • @ducksongfans
      @ducksongfans 2 года назад +15

      @@Sunshine_Daydream222 multiple comments of this

    • @pescatoralpursuit1726
      @pescatoralpursuit1726 2 года назад

      Sexy, accomplished, strong woman.
      What is there to remember?

    • @livelikeyouredying6735
      @livelikeyouredying6735 2 года назад +15

      @@AlejandroCab98 Si Seňor only a guy from the deep in amazon would know.

  • @MrRobles1
    @MrRobles1 2 года назад +1327

    My asian mom:i walked to russia to usa just to get to school
    Me:

    • @Radiation580
      @Radiation580 2 года назад +5

      😂😂😂

    • @anxrma464
      @anxrma464 2 года назад +13

      See she was right and you didn't agree. 🤧😂

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 2 года назад +7

      On one foot. My other foot was starting a business!

    • @fatbiankoislamaj319
      @fatbiankoislamaj319 2 года назад +1

      U ar not a asian of u ar a russian

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 2 года назад

      @@fatbiankoislamaj319 What?

  • @SimonsAstronomy
    @SimonsAstronomy 5 месяцев назад +1

    Gave "Back to the future" another meaning

  • @RiverAnglin
    @RiverAnglin 5 месяцев назад

    I swear once while super high I couldn’t stop seeing the two land masses looking like faces and now cannot unsee it. I visually tripped them moving and talking now it fucks me up 🤣

  • @mikelarry5150
    @mikelarry5150 2 года назад +664

    That feeling when you learn about a place that your never going to go 🥸

    • @thehorizonawaits6911
      @thehorizonawaits6911 2 года назад +31

      Nothing is set in stone, so you might.

    • @kingdongo4388
      @kingdongo4388 2 года назад +4

      Oh yeah?! 🧐🤨
      (Inserts The Rock face)

    • @pray4harper866
      @pray4harper866 2 года назад +8

      What feeling..? Im so confused. So its odd to have a basic knowledge of other places on this planet now?

    • @Makiaveli01
      @Makiaveli01 2 года назад +5

      If you go to that island there gonna look at you so weird there’s only a 100 people there, but you might make some friends or get murdered who knows

    • @thehorizonawaits6911
      @thehorizonawaits6911 2 года назад +5

      @@Makiaveli01 you can get murdered literally anywhere you go, yes ofc be cautious but you shouldn’t worry about it too much.

  • @prodturnmeupwill
    @prodturnmeupwill 2 года назад +1198

    It’s pretty wild how out of my whole school career I didn’t realize Russia and the us are literally miles away from each other💀

    • @quixotika3232
      @quixotika3232 2 года назад +187

      Yall been looking at 2D maps too long

    • @Pr0t4t0
      @Pr0t4t0 2 года назад +54

      I knew they were miles away. Just a significant amount of miles further.

    • @violetsrayreikishop2
      @violetsrayreikishop2 2 года назад +41

      Alaska was part of Russia before Alexander the great sold it to America

    • @8literbeater
      @8literbeater 2 года назад +26

      Everything on the planet is miles apart.

    • @zockertwins
      @zockertwins 2 года назад +95

      @@violetsrayreikishop2 Alexander the great lived about 1600 years before columbus. You are probably talking about the russian tzar Alexander II.

  • @rickdaracc4611
    @rickdaracc4611 6 месяцев назад

    I like to believe a few from both sides meet in the middle when they can

  • @expomarker
    @expomarker 7 месяцев назад +1

    Dude these two islands have been my favorite islands for so long. I didn't think anyone knew about them besides the people that actually lived there. BIG DIOMEDE AND LITTLE DIOMEDE 😂

  • @DixieNormus710
    @DixieNormus710 Год назад +585

    People may not walk it, but polar bears do. They'll take the 55 mile walk across the ocean looking for seals along the way

    • @BrazilianImperialist
      @BrazilianImperialist Год назад +40

      Animals tend to mot care about borders

    • @Tina-pj4lg
      @Tina-pj4lg 8 месяцев назад +9

      Alaska is Russian

    • @Vibratox
      @Vibratox 8 месяцев назад +10

      The 55 miles don't really freeze so that's why Noone walks it. The walkable path between these two islands is 2.5 miles far

    • @ladyraven2256
      @ladyraven2256 8 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@Tina-pj4lgNo it's the 49th or 50 th State , between Alaska and Hawaii. There was Land Dispute during the Cold War Between Russia 🪆🇷🇺and USA 🇺🇲. if Russian owned the land spying and more War Attoties would of Occured by Russia 🇷🇺

    • @Tina-pj4lg
      @Tina-pj4lg 8 месяцев назад

      @@ladyraven2256 I wanted some moron to respond I you are the winner 🏆😂

  • @lettuce3695
    @lettuce3695 2 года назад +319

    “I’m gonna smack you into next week” I will now take seriously knowing this

    • @ZYGTropicals
      @ZYGTropicals Год назад +3

      No, no! It’s only one day bright guy! lol!!!

    • @lettuce3695
      @lettuce3695 Год назад +5

      @@ZYGTropicals hm did you know sunday exists?

    • @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio
      @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio Год назад

      CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SECOND EDITION 2284: "Scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil. The person who gives scandal becomes his neighbor's tempter. He damages virtue and integrity; he may even draw his brother into spiritual death. Scandal is a grave offense if by deed or omission another is deliberately led into a grave offense".
      People can go to hell for scandal.

    • @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio
      @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio Год назад +1

      Matthew 18 ►
      (New International Version) "At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
      He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me."
      “If anyone causes one of these little ones-those who believe in me-to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!"

    • @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio
      @JesusMariaCatholicChristianPio Год назад +1

      Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. ruclips.net/p/PLUcjoO2Bj8AsiGYdzfqZyXae1lhMw_p2s

  • @samuelplouvier6559
    @samuelplouvier6559 5 месяцев назад +1

    They were like: yeah, this seems to be a great place, Imma build my house right here. 😎👍

  • @erichr9746
    @erichr9746 7 месяцев назад +3

    Definitely don't advise walking across it unless you want to sit in a gulag eating cold porridge.

  • @shawnr771
    @shawnr771 2 года назад +2191

    My friend was in the Alaska National Guard in the 80s.
    He told me stories of visiting these islands and others in the Bering Strait.
    He said sometimes the inhabitants would tell them the Russians just left.

  • @kengored_alt
    @kengored_alt 2 года назад +1742

    "You can skip the whole day"
    Me as a russian: or travel back to yesterday
    Edit: i think i started another war beetween russians and americans in this comment section

    • @rapidrain5043
      @rapidrain5043 2 года назад +69

      Think about it u can make your best day last 2 days

    • @SandwichDoctorZ
      @SandwichDoctorZ 2 года назад +51

      Have you gone back in time to stop the Ukrainian war? If so, what stopped you?
      ... I'd lowkey watch a movie about that now that I'm thinking about it lol

    • @kengored_alt
      @kengored_alt 2 года назад +55

      @@rapidrain5043 damn, that's a great idea for a *movie*
      Edit: just noticed i replied to the wrong guy, fuck

    • @spongebobsucks12
      @spongebobsucks12 2 года назад +98

      @@SandwichDoctorZ we found the crybully!

    • @SandwichDoctorZ
      @SandwichDoctorZ 2 года назад +21

      @@spongebobsucks12 the crybully?.. what does that mean?

  • @dtzero0
    @dtzero0 2 месяца назад

    Imagine walking to one of the Diomede islands and the ice starts to melt because of a warm front.

  • @EleyReiHer
    @EleyReiHer 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very very cool insight 😎

  • @moebro101
    @moebro101 2 года назад +638

    Some people really act surprised that Alaska and Russia are so close even though America literally bought Alaska from Russia...

    • @emanrovemanhcan2564
      @emanrovemanhcan2564 Год назад +92

      The dumbest or best trade in history. Depends on the point of view.

    • @user-jp3of7hu9b
      @user-jp3of7hu9b Год назад +3

      I didn't know that, it makes sense now that the border are between the two Islands.

    • @gabrielsasala1875
      @gabrielsasala1875 Год назад +37

      Well that’s actually how the Native Americans came over, they crossed that very channel on their trek

    • @Isaac-ho8gh
      @Isaac-ho8gh Год назад

      @@emanrovemanhcan2564 good thing it happened since most Russians are conservative or fascist.

    • @jaybajan
      @jaybajan Год назад +24

      if Alaska wasnt bought by the USA it would be a very big issue in today

  • @kevintaylor5715
    @kevintaylor5715 2 года назад +307

    "John, why didn't you join the meeting?"
    "I skipped that whole day."

  • @noassociation85
    @noassociation85 5 месяцев назад

    Presenter: "But they dont....i dont think"
    Drunk locals: 😅😂😂 yeah we do

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen21 6 месяцев назад

    The game of "I'm not touching you" that threatens us all.

  • @MandolinSashaank
    @MandolinSashaank 2 года назад +1141

    Me after crossing the border: Time Travel!

    • @patricktsai2303
      @patricktsai2303 2 года назад +12

      What? I see this as an absolute win

    • @Le_Blnk____
      @Le_Blnk____ Год назад +13

      Well technically we are Time Travellers

    • @projectx7453
      @projectx7453 Год назад

      Well, you’re not wrong

    • @69yourmom25x
      @69yourmom25x Год назад

      So does this means time travelling is no longer a theory?

    • @brentmadison7605
      @brentmadison7605 Год назад +3

      @@69yourmom25x No. For actual time travel you’d need an Einstein Rosen Bridge or something that simulates that space time bending power.

  • @christianeitner9259
    @christianeitner9259 2 года назад +254

    The new comedy series: Two and a half miles

  • @oceanmike8516
    @oceanmike8516 5 месяцев назад

    Me when my assignment is due at 11:59PM.
    Me: “I’m walking to Russia”

  • @ZynithLuvsU
    @ZynithLuvsU 2 года назад +90

    “Honey I’m off to Russia again”

    • @GameDevAraz
      @GameDevAraz 2 года назад +12

      "Bring back some vodka"

    • @tylersoto7465
      @tylersoto7465 2 года назад +3

      And stroganoff lol

    • @staycurious3954
      @staycurious3954 2 года назад +1

      Punch that bully in the face while you’re there 😠

  • @VikkiTG
    @VikkiTG 2 года назад +206

    This was probably one of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen…

    • @redeyez954
      @redeyez954 Год назад +9

      🤣 must have not seen much 💀

    • @ZYGTropicals
      @ZYGTropicals Год назад +3

      Exactly! Definitely haven’t seen many RUclips videos before!!!
      You need to do some catching up!!! lol!!!

    • @operator0
      @operator0 Год назад

      Little Diomede is almost entirely populated by Inuit natives. Big Diomede used to be populated by natives as well. In fact, many of the natives that were on Big Diomede were close relatives of those who live on Little Diomede. They used to frequently visit each other until the Soviets found out about it.
      The entire native population of Big Diomede was moved to the interior of Siberia in an effort to stop the two communities from visiting each other during the Cold War. As far as I'm aware, there is still no native population on Big Diomede.

    • @joelandrew9688
      @joelandrew9688 Год назад

      ​@@operator0 inuit are Canadian, inupiaq ara alaskan

    • @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess
      @MybeautifulandamazingPrincess Год назад +1

      Yeah finally a shorts video that is actually informative and interesting

  • @SlayerGodOfDeath
    @SlayerGodOfDeath 7 месяцев назад

    Me walking forward and backward
    I found time machine 😂😂😂

  • @drakealexander6668
    @drakealexander6668 4 месяца назад

    You cannot convince me that there's not a giant hydrogen bomb stashed under Little Diomede.

  • @somerando7233
    @somerando7233 2 года назад +120

    This is the best thing I’ve seen on RUclips all day.

  • @pizzashark69
    @pizzashark69 2 года назад +28

    "You can walk from the US to Russia thru the Diomedes Islands in the Bering Strait!"
    US & Russian embassies: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @paraguayball3138
    @paraguayball3138 6 месяцев назад

    Wait a minute, if you have a super fast airplane and fly west, you can turn back time just like superman.

  • @cpecho134
    @cpecho134 4 месяца назад +2

    100 people is not a town, that's a village.

  • @SwapPartLLC
    @SwapPartLLC Год назад +332

    It's a whole day ahead.
    Me: I'm about to go there and get tomorrow's lottery numbers! Be right back!

    • @Tigerman1138
      @Tigerman1138 Год назад +13

      That’s so messed up
      It is GENIUS!

    • @hollylilylarry8663
      @hollylilylarry8663 8 месяцев назад +3

      😆🤣 Brilliant!!

    • @thaintriguing1
      @thaintriguing1 7 месяцев назад +2

      I don’t think Russia participates in the US Powerball

    • @SwapPartLLC
      @SwapPartLLC 7 месяцев назад

      @@thaintriguing1 They got internet. I just need to Google the numbers.

    • @juniorsenpai9
      @juniorsenpai9 7 месяцев назад

      how would you when they're a day behind

  • @CLxJames
    @CLxJames 2 года назад +188

    “Wallllkkk to Asssiiiaaaa”
    - Chris Farley, Almost Heroes

  • @Blake_47
    @Blake_47 7 месяцев назад +1

    That's a great excuse for submitting assignments after the deadline

  • @TRLT1993
    @TRLT1993 5 месяцев назад

    One of the coolest geography videos I've ever watched

  • @kingiginrosie8992
    @kingiginrosie8992 2 года назад +41

    My home region! My moms side of the family is from Little Diomede. I grew up going to Little Diomede by skin boat with my grandfather and/or uncle. The body of water is actually the Bering Strait. Most of the time you have to go further north to walk across because the currents in the Strait are so strong the ice doesn't always freeze up. Now a days it's really thin because of global warming.

    • @archangel6666
      @archangel6666 2 года назад +11

      All I can imagine from you saying “skin boat” is you surfing on top of your grandfather with your uncle

    • @gujwdhufjijjpo9740
      @gujwdhufjijjpo9740 2 года назад +6

      @archangel 666 - it’s when you use animal skins to make your boat. At least that’s what it is where I grew up. It’s the traditional way we make kayaks.

    • @kingiginrosie8992
      @kingiginrosie8992 2 года назад +11

      It's a boat made if walrus skin split and stretched then sewn and lashed onto a wooden frame.

    • @opossumsauce4472
      @opossumsauce4472 2 года назад +3

      @@kingiginrosie8992 Oh wow you use walrus? Up in the Slope we use sealskin. I wonder if there are differences. I would love to visit the Diamedes one day!

    • @JA-gu2ro
      @JA-gu2ro 2 года назад

      So did some guy walk from Russia to the US to talk to your mom?

  • @amyhayutin1738
    @amyhayutin1738 2 года назад +1226

    Wait, why only 21 hours different? Now I’m confused.

    • @InfamousGalaxies
      @InfamousGalaxies 2 года назад +221

      Timezones

    • @amyhayutin1738
      @amyhayutin1738 2 года назад +308

      But why is it not 24 hours difference?

    • @Edwxrd69
      @Edwxrd69 2 года назад +64

      Religious differences

    • @bloo7058
      @bloo7058 2 года назад +196

      @@Edwxrd69 uh no. Why would that be the reason?

    • @azuzziken
      @azuzziken 2 года назад +137

      @@amyhayutin1738 Probably because of politics. The islands (either one or both of them) may be using a time zone that doesn't really fit with the geographical position on the map.

  • @Loser12thplace
    @Loser12thplace 7 месяцев назад +1

    American:*sees the bright sun* *accidentally walk to big diomede*
    American:umm Where's the sun

  • @Lord_OTD
    @Lord_OTD 4 месяца назад

    You actually explained this well.

  • @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs
    @CharlotteDrillsAndBeefs 2 года назад +39

    when im having a good day, I'll walk to little diomede so I can have it again.

  • @iftekhar77
    @iftekhar77 2 года назад +86

    n they said time travelling wasn’t possible

    • @Nex41354
      @Nex41354 2 года назад +8

      You are traveling through time just sitting there.

  • @JakeFatbag
    @JakeFatbag 6 месяцев назад +2

    And if you do cross the straight, you will probably get your ass arrested.

  • @Avator482
    @Avator482 Год назад +1

    I have been there during the dead of winter. The stories I could tell .

  • @sausagehappymealx9931
    @sausagehappymealx9931 2 года назад +79

    i can see my house at the start of the video 😊

  • @anu917
    @anu917 2 года назад +64

    This is what I call an interesting and an informative Short video
    I hope yt recommends more of such

    • @d.bcooper2271
      @d.bcooper2271 Год назад

      You think if Muslim countries allowed women to get indoctrinated, er, I mean, educated in colleges, they would leave us alone?
      They won't stop sanctioning, pressuring, bombing until your daughters are having sex with 10 men on onlyfans. Yes. Anything less than that is not acceptable! Anything less than that is a violation of women's rights!
      Look at Pakistan. The US government is about to approve $200 million for gender programs in Pakistan. That's $200 million for the sole purpose of getting young Pakistani women on onlyfans. I'm not even exaggerating. That's literally the goal they are working towards.
      Wake up! Be a real Muslim man and just say no!

  • @HayItsCJ
    @HayItsCJ 6 месяцев назад

    I thought he was going to say: "If you do, you'll get instantly shot" 💀

  • @NathanZar
    @NathanZar 5 месяцев назад +1

    Most(99%) American dont know about this. They cannot even pinpoint the two Islands on the map.

  • @pizzahutofficial2756
    @pizzahutofficial2756 2 года назад +455

    “Honey, the neighbours changed the Wi-Fi password again”
    “They’re Russian, goodluck talking to them without a bill”

    • @meherunisa4321
      @meherunisa4321 2 года назад +7

      There's not even a post box there and you're talking about Wi fi That's the problem of living in Isolated area

    • @mr.husbandoeu7254
      @mr.husbandoeu7254 2 года назад +14

      @@meherunisa4321 mhm....., I hear a something coming, it's coming straight at y-- Nevermind, it flew past your head

    • @hdudhehdhd2222
      @hdudhehdhd2222 2 года назад +4

      @@meherunisa4321 bro what 💀 u gotta be tripping lmao i dont think u understood that at all

  • @abs3704
    @abs3704 2 года назад +45

    This is probably one of the most intriguing videos I have eve watched on RUclips.

    • @impact0r
      @impact0r 2 года назад +2

      You must know very little

    • @abs3704
      @abs3704 2 года назад +4

      @@impact0r True. I know very little.

    • @alessiobenvenuto5159
      @alessiobenvenuto5159 2 года назад +1

      Bro, have you seen 1 video of Vsauce?

  • @behgaming1
    @behgaming1 6 месяцев назад

    So now I know where my teammates get their internet

  • @TheHighestGodisGood
    @TheHighestGodisGood Год назад +215

    Great way to extend your vacation

  • @troisminutesdumans7650
    @troisminutesdumans7650 2 года назад +104

    the place where carpenters wrote "yesterday once more"

  • @theshypersistence
    @theshypersistence 4 месяца назад

    I like to imagine the townsfolk on both sides come together during winter to borrow the proverbial cup of sugar

  • @INDIAN_BENGALI_BOY
    @INDIAN_BENGALI_BOY 4 месяца назад +1

    We can celebrate our birthday twice two.That would be nice.Can receive gifts from your family or friends twice.😂😂

  • @Random_Geography
    @Random_Geography Год назад +58

    " *Time Travel Isn't Real* "
    "Hey I'm bored this night"
    "let's skip times until tomorrow"

  • @jjjlove2260
    @jjjlove2260 2 года назад +74

    Wow. That was a lot of surprising info I never knew. Quite interesting