From my Google Earth calculations, Russia is only 60 miles from the United States. Imagine that; it is almost like a drive from Seward to Omaha (If you can drive on water). I should note that Alaska is not part of mainland USA and the part of Russia that comes close to Alaska is Siberia, the less populated part of Russia. Not only is it close, but it is amazing to view Russia from the above viewpoint. You can see European Russia off to the right; China is also pretty evident on the left. Siberian Russia really needs to open up trade. It would be great if Alaska was more of a trading state, and we could help them out. It never really occurred to me that we are close to a country we used to consider a great enemy.
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