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Bering Strait, c.55 mi (90 km) wide, between extreme NE Asia and extreme NW North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. It is usually completely frozen over from October to June. The Diomede Islands Diomede Islands (dī`əmēd), pair of rocky islands in Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia. ..... Click the link for more information. are in the strait. The narrowness of the strait makes it possible for small boats to cross from Chukchi Peninsula, NE Russia, to Seward Peninsula in Alaska. The strait is named for the Danish explorer Vitus Bering Bering, Vitus Jonassen (vē`t ..... Click the link for more information. , who traversed it in 1728. During the Ice Age, Alaska and Siberia were connected by land where the strait now is, and many archaeologists believe that ancestors of Native Americans crossed the land bridge to North America. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, on the Seward Peninsula, is a remnant of the land bridge (see National Parks and Monuments National Parks and Monuments
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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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