How big can Alaska get?

Russia got a large chunk of North America that they barely explored in OTL. Could they get an even larger slice? What is the most realistic larger Alaska that Britain would be willing to permit?
 
Not much. IOTL Brits and Canucks are already encroaching on Russian territory, and part of the reason for the US purchase was to keep it out of British hands.
 
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Somewhat, I think.

The primary decision on the border was made with the Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825) And are defined as follows:

"III Commencing from the southernmost point of the island called Prince of Wales Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and 133d degree of west longitude (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude; from this last-mentioned point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude (of the same meridian); and finally, from the said point of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean.
"IV With reference to the line of demarcation laid down in the preceding article, it is understood -
"1st That the island called Prince of Wales Island shall belong wholly to Russia" (now, by this cession to the United States).
"2d That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast, from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned (that is to say, the limit to the possessions ceded by this convention), shall be formed by a line parallel to the winding of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom."

Why the 141st parallel? Good question. But I'm not really sure that British interests would have been seriously impinged by anything between the 133rd and the 141st...
 
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