Members of the joint Soviet-American Bering Bridge Expedition listen to speakers during a ceremony in honor of their arrival. 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 Little Diomede
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Bering Strait
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
Tags
Date
23/04/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions