Editing Diomede, Alaska (section)

=== Historical transportation ===
When Alaska was still connected to Siberia over 10,000 years ago by the [[Bering Land Bridge]], the Little Diomede was not an island but was a part of [[Beringia]] and accessible by foot. However, it is unknown whether humans visited the grounds of the Little Diomede at that time. Most likely, the first visitors came when it had become an island, simply by foot on top of the sea ice. Later, [[Umiak]]s were used to visit the neighboring [[Big Diomede]] island for [[whale hunting]] and fishing, and later, to access mainland Alaska and Siberia. Boats made out of driftwood and whale skin are still used today.<ref name="dcced" />

In the early 1940s, one of the Little Diomede residents wrote "No airplane comes to Diomede except for some very special reason, during the winter. The MS ''North Star'' brings groceries for the people on the island from [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]]. At the same time she unloads freight for the school teachers. The [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|Coast Guard cutter]] [[USCGC Northland (WPG-49)|Northland]] comes in twice during the summer to look after the natives".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>