this came from big diomede and moved to little diomede. woman: you'rre a split-copy of their nephew, his sister's s so. [laughter] [maan speakingng indistinctly] woman: earlier, he was saying last time when he saw him, he was much stronger man. and he was asking you, "did you eat his food? what happened?" ha ha ha! mann: when i w was growing years agago, these two islands jujuste one, just like collective. wewe used the sameme language, e waway of livg. a and theirir lifestyle is jusust same a as o, you know. frances: yep. i agree. [womanan speaking russian] [drum beating rhythmically; people singing] [helicopter approaching]g] [singing continues] frances: when they asked us to go down to the chopper and greet them, i didn't know who i was really greeting. and now that i've spent a few days with them, i think in a year's time, i get my passport, you know, visa, and whatever is required. we are gonna visit a couple of villagers there... weather permitting. the struggle through life, most of it is not all happy. i've gone through a great man