Bering Strait
Americannoun
noun
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Dmitriev said a memorandum of understanding would be signed to look at a tentative project to build a tunnel under the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia’s largely deserted Far East.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Since 1998, she has seen her son just three times, including before he became the first Briton to cross the frozen Bering Strait between North America and Russia in 2006.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Mike Brown and his crew aboard the Hampton transited through the Bering Strait.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024
Szesciorka and her coauthors had previously monitored bowhead whale movements through the Bering Strait using data from hydrophones.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024
The shallow Bering Strait became a wide land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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