BATTLE OVER BOUNDARIES
Mar 01, 2022
2 minutes
by Kathiann M. Kowalski
Ocean waters determine most of Alaska’s extensive coastal boundaries. But the story of its land border with Canada spans more than 75 years. The saga started decades before the United States owned any part of its biggest state.
Russia’s mainland lies just 50 miles west of Alaska’s mainland across the Bering Strait. Russian sailors, fur traders, and hunters had explored Alaska
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