Putin lays flowers at Magadan’s ‘Heroes of ALSIB’ memorial before 4-hour flight to Alaska

Putin lays flowers at Magadan’s ‘Heroes of ALSIB’ memorial before 4-hour flight to Alaska

ALSIB (Alaska-Siberia), or 'Northern Trace', linked the US & USSR in WW2, delivering 8,000 aircraft to the Red Army

Over 100 Soviet pilots died flying the route in extreme Arctic weather