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Bering Strait

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Bering Strait
A narrow stretch of water separating Alaska from Siberia and connecting the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea. It is believed that during prehistoric times the strait formed a land bridge by which the original inhabitants of North America arrived from Asia.

Bering Strait
n
(Placename) a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean
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Noun1.Bering Strait - a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean
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Bering Strait [ˈbɛərɪŋˈstreɪt] n the Bering Straitlo stretto di Bering
Bering Strait [ˈbɛərɪŋˈstreɪt] n the Bering Straitlo stretto di Bering


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In the Bering Strait area of the Arctic, the sea usually freezes in mid-November and begins breaking up in late Mayo In some parts of the Arctic, however, the ice is melting earlier in the year than it once did.
The Early Chickasaws: Profile Of Courage by Fulsom Charles Scrivner is an inherently interesting and well written collective study of the Chickasaw people from their arrival into the North American continent across the Bering Strait to their forced removal by the United States military to the Oklahoma territory in the earlier part of American western development.
In a report sent to our superiors we said the main phase of the cruise had been completed, then we received congratulations, took in a bit of fresh Arctic air and headed for the Bering Strait in surface condition.
 
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