LITTLE DIOMEDE ISLAND Bering Strait, Alaska

THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE (IDL) is an imaginary line that separates the East from the West and one day from the next. But, as with all borders, it creates some oddities around the globe. One such location is the Diomede Islands in the middle of the Bering Strait, in the Pacific Ocean. The pair of islands stand just 3.8 kilometres apart. But, separated by an international maritime border, Big Diomede belongs to Russia and Little Diomede to the US. They are further divided by time—the IDL cuts through the Strait between the two islands and keeps them 21 hours apart on the clock. While Big Diomede is inaccessible, the 7.3-square-kilometre Little Diomede can be visited by boat or air from Alaskan cities like Nome. Home to just over a hundred people, the destination, just south of the Arctic Circle, is freezing for nine months. Located on the site of a fascinating face-off between the East and the West, it is one of the few destinations where you can experience the ‘Midnight Sun’. While here, look towards Big Diomede, and you’re technically looking at ‘tomorrow.’