Bering

American  

[beer-ing, ber-, bair-, bay-ring] / ˈbɪər ɪŋ, ˈbɛr-, ˈbɛər-, ˈbeɪ rɪŋ /

noun

1. Vitus 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.

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Bering British  

/ ˈbeːreŋ, ˈbɛrɪŋ, ˈbɛər- /

noun

1. Vitus (ˈviːtʊs). 1681–1741, Danish navigator, who explored the N Pacific for the Russians and discovered Bering Island and the Bering Strait

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Bering

Bushby's journey took him to four continents, with key moments including navigating through the dense jungles of the Darién Gap, crossing the frozen Bering Strait and, more recently, swimming the English Channel.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The "Dubai Tower" left the eastern port city of Ningbo on Saturday evening heading north, where it will pass through the Bering Strait, then turn west through the frigid waters along Russia's northern coast.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

Todd Meadows, a deckhand on one of the fishing vessels featured on the Emmy-winning reality series “Deadliest Catch,” died after he fell overboard into the Bering Sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

“But back during the Ice Age, the land and oceans around the world looked very different. Part of the Bering Sea was dry land. So people could walk across to Alaska.”

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis

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