how much is the distance between alaska and russia, can we go by car?

Answer 1

The closest point is about 2 miles, between Little Diomede Island (Alaska, United States) and Big Diomede Island (Russia). You could possibly drive between the two by car in the winter when the water between the two freezes.

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Answer 2

You could go by car if Alaska wasn't separated from Russia by water. The distance between the two isn't very far at all. The eskimo's in Alaska migrated there from Russia and Asia back when the water level of the oceans were lower. There actually used to be a land bridge between Alaska and Russia. But now the water's higher. If there were a bridge between them though, it probably wouldn't even take you a full tank of gas.

Answer 3

It's not too far (30-40 miles from mainland Russia to mainland Alaska), and no you cannot drive by car.

A funny sidenote (true). In the early 20th Century an automobile race was staged to run from Paris to New York City by driving east from France, across Europe and Russia to the Bering Sea where they would be able to drive across the ice to Alaska and down through Canada, across the United States, and finally to New York, or so they believed. People at the time, including the arrangers of the race, thought the Bering Sea actually froze. When the first drivers got to the Bering Sea, the natives laughed at them; the Bering Sea never freezes (even in Winter). So the arrangers of the race had to contract for a ferry to take the racers across the sea to Alaska. True story.

Answer 4

CB is right. The shortest route between the US and Russia is from Little Diomede Island to Big Diomede Island.

It was sailboarded by a guy back during the Cold War.

And it was hiked by two explorers last year.

You could certainly drive it in winter - there are a couple of routes in the far north that require/allow you to drive on frozen water (to Inuvik in Canada, for instance) even on frozen sea water (like some oil-drilling articifical islands off of Alaska's North Slope).

BUT, you'd be arrested like those previous folks were upon landing in Russia. And the lastest guys worked hard to get visas, etc.

AND you'd need to get a car to Little Diomede (like on the annual barge or charter a mid-sized cargo plane on skiis in the winter - not cheap!). Probably much easier to buy a beater "four-wheeler" (what Alaskans call an ATC) from a Little Diomede resident. Easier still to just walk it.

From the Alaskan mainland to the Russian mainland is long enough, about 60 miles, that you'd be highly unlikely to make it the whole way without finding open leads or pressure ridges to sizeable to cross and too extensive to go around. The successful expediations use dog sleds or are human powered for the flexibility of crossing water and ridges. And you'd have to get all your supplies to Wales Alaska (tiny) and get yourself bailed out of Russian prison on the other end.

Suggestion: Drive to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. I've been there in July and taken the ferry across two rivers. But in winter, you just drive a plowed ice road across the MacKenzie and the Peel Rivers. When you get there, you can order a caribou burger and stay in a hotel inside of having cold grule in prison cell. And, if you want more adventure, you can continue north of the frozen MacKenzie River towards the Arctic Ocean. A good learning experience for more adventurous (stupid?) travel later.

Answer 5

I think ford sent a team of cars across alaska a few years ago. They had a huge support team. When it was frozen they drove across the bering strait. There is a plan to build a causway or bridge across the bering strait.

Answer 6

58 miles seperate Cape Dezhnev,Russia and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska check out link below for more information .

Answer 7

drive to Alaska,put your car on a big boat,drive it around on the boat while crossing the water,drive of the boat when you reach Russia,then go to visit the Kremlin.

Answer 8

well, actually, they aren't connected by land - only by ice, so unless you want to take the risk of driving on ice (i don't even know if it is allowed), then, you can't drive. but the distnce isn't too far apart. i'm not quite sure of the actually distance. my guess is maybe 20 or 30 miles.

Answer 9

3 miles of water no you cannot go by car unless you have an aquacar

Answer 10

12 miles through the Bering Strait

Good luck driving through the water...