Sweeney: In closing, I just want to make the point that while there are five regions that are considered the Arctic when you include some of the Doyon villages, the Arctic Slope region, NANA,
Bering Straits, and the Aleut region, we need to blur those lines a little bit and as Alaskans we need to recognize that this state is what makes the US an Arctic nation.
The book is divided into three parts, each dealing with a particular segment of the history of trading activities in the
Bering Strait region during the 18th to 20th centuries.
No stranger to international exploration, Steve has climbed mountains in Yugoslavia, sailed the coast of Panama by dugout canoe and travelled to the Ethiopian Highlands, Darien Rainforest,
Bering Strait and Ultar Glacier, Hunza.
The Pacific waters that enter the Arctic via the
Bering Strait exert a major influence on the Arctic Ocean's stratification, ice cover, and ecosystem.
Karl, 36, was ordered out of the Russian Far East yesterday after spending 15 days walking from Alaska across the frozen
Bering Strait. Officials said he should have used a border point.
The father of British adventurer who was detained by Russian authorities after crossing the frozen
Bering Strait is hoping his son's situation will be resolved today.
Santa dropped into Wales this week...Wales, Alaska Located at the western tip of the Seward Peninsula on Cape Prince of Wales, this American village is just 50 miles from Russia,across the
Bering Strait Founded a century ago as a major whaling centre, a flu outbreak in 1918 decimated the outpost and today it is home to 160 people It still has a strong Kinugmiut Eskimo whaling culture, with residents travelling to nearby villages in large traditional skin boats.
In 1879 there were more theories than facts about exactly what could be found north of the
Bering Strait. Could there be a continent up there, and a civilization, with strange people and animals?
TWO British men have became the first explorers to drive across the treacherous
Bering Strait from Alaska to Siberia.
Pacific Ocean enters the Arctic via the
Bering Strait. As the Pacific water passes through the shallow strait, it loses much of its heat to the atmosphere and consequently grows colder than the Atlantic water.