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
He said he had limited swimming experience, though he previously crossed the Bering Strait by navigating moving lumps of ice while wearing an immersion suit and armed with a gun to fight off polar bears.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024
Researchers believe the very earliest horse ancestors arose in North America, then sauntered across the Bering Strait into Asia around a million years ago.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Mike Brown and his crew aboard the Hampton transited through the Bering Strait.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
The shallow Bering Strait became a wide land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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