Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Here are 12 things to know about the historic, and controversial, summit. Anchorage’s military base: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Trump landed at JBER at 10:20 a.m. Friday and Putin arrived shortly before 11 a.m. They’re scheduled to hold a news conference at the end of their summit and then fly out of Anchorage.

Local officials, military personnel and businesses are scrambling to figure out basic details and get ready for an influx of visitors ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit Friday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, where the two will discuss the war in Ukraine.

American officials quickly discovered a major snag in planning for the summit: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host the two world leaders were severely limited.

Few details have been released but the White House press secretary says the meeting will be a “listening exercise." Meanwhile, Anchorage progressives plan protests this week.

President Richard M. Nixon and Emperor Hirohito of Japan meet Sept. 26, 1971, in Anchorage, in the home of Gen. Robert George Ruegg, commander in chief of the Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It was the first-ever meeting of a U.S. president and a Japanese monarch. (Anchorage Times photo)

The highly anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the US state of Alaska will take place in the city of Anchorage, the White House said on Tuesday.