Bering Strait

(Placename) a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean

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Ber′ing Strait′

a strait between Alaska and the Russian Federation connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. 36 mi. (58 km) wide.

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Bering Strait - a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean

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Bering Strait

[ˈbɛərɪŋˈstreɪt] n the Bering Strait → lo stretto di Bering

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WATERY DRIVE: Steve Burgess's amphibious Land Rover will soon be crossing the freezing Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska; PREPARED: Nicky Spinks and Steve Burgess, of Mirfield, before embarking on their globetrotting expedition

Team prepare for their drive at sea! Land Rover crossing will be from Russia to Alaska

Bockstoce (affiliation not cited) recounts the beginnings of the maritime fur trade at Bering Strait in the early nineteenth century.

The opening of the maritime fur trade at Bering Strait; Americans and Russians meet the Kanjigmiut in Kotzebue Sound

NANA, North Slope, and Bering Straits leadership came together and over a long period of time discussed the fact that they are really in an important place of the future of not only Alaska, but the United States, in terms of the development in the Arctic.

AOGA panel: arctic opportunities: the vision for a favorable place to do business

Over the summer they will then cross the Red Sea (Asia to Africa), the Strait of Gibraltar (Africa to Europe) and the Bering Strait (Asia to America).

Limbless Frenchman plans to swim around the world

FURS AND FRONTIERS IN THE FAR NORTH: THE CONTEST AMONG NATIVES AND FOREIGN NATIONS FOR THE BERING STRAIT FUR TRADE.

FURS AND FRONTIERS IN THE FAR NORTH: THE CONTEST AMONG NATIVES AND FOREIGN NATIONS FOR THE BERING STRAIT FUR TRADE

Plotwise, it's a lot like the recent Children Of Men - minus the meaty message - while the ho-hum action includes a bare-knuckle cage fight, a snowmobile race across the Bering Strait and a couple of car chases.

MOVIE: Diesel runs out of juice; BABYLON A.D. Cert 12A, 90mins **

And the team, which includes company directors Simon Dedman, 44, fromMirfield, and Dan Evans, 38, from Skipton, hope to be the first to cross the 56-mile Bering Strait in a land vehicle.

GLOBETROTTERS READY; From Land Rover to sea rover!

Alaska Range, Anchorage, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, catch their first seal, countryside, Eskimo, Fairbanks, Gulf of Alaska, igloos, marry, mud huts, reach manhood, tundra, Yup'ik

Hometown America Kwigillingok Alaska

He has already completed 17,000 miles by walking up to North America across deserts and mountains before taking 15 days to traverse 56 miles of the frozen Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia.

Russians threaten to deport adventurer; Why the Army can now put its best feet forward

They are accused of violating border-crossing rules when they crossed the Bering Strait into Russia.

Explorer in border court