Bering
Alaska-Russia waterway
Bering appears in geographical names honoring the Danish explorer Vitus Bering, who charted Arctic waters for Russia in the 18th century.
The Bering Strait separates Alaska from Russia.
The Bering Sea lies between them.
Beringia was the land bridge that once connected the continents, allowing human migration to the Americas.
America's frozen northwest
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- waterwayNavigable route for vessels
crossing · navigation · shipping · channel · narrowest · continental · divide · Asia
Of extreme latitudes
- iceWater's solid form
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
seal · beluga · whale · frigid · frozen · subzero · climate · wildlife
Earth's vastest ocean
- AleutianOf certain Alaskan islands
- IslandsNamed water-bound lands
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- crabPincer-bearing shellfish
pollock · salmon · ecosystem · storm · waves · treacherous · trawler · maritime
Organized exploratory journey
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- discoveryAct of finding something
- KamchatkaFar eastern Russian peninsula
- DanishOf Denmark
cartography · shipwreck · scurvy · commander · naturalist · mapping · charting · eighteenth-century
Former land connecting continents
- migrationMovement to new territory
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- glacialOf frozen rivers
Pleistocene · megafauna · archaeology · Paleo-Indians · mastodon · tundra · steppe · crossing
Alaska
America's frozen northwest
- RussiaEurasian federation, largest country
- PacificEarth's vastest ocean
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
waterway · crossing · navigation · shipping · channel · narrowest · continental · divide · Asia · America
polar
Of extreme latitudes
- iceWater's solid form
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- permafrostPerpetually frozen earth layer
walrus · seal · beluga · whale · frigid · frozen · subzero · climate · wildlife · orca
Pacific
Earth's vastest ocean
crab · pollock · salmon · ecosystem · storm · waves · treacherous · trawler · maritime · fog
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- discoveryAct of finding something
- KamchatkaFar eastern Russian peninsula
Danish · cartography · shipwreck · scurvy · commander · naturalist · mapping · charting · eighteenth-century · seafarer
Beringia
Former land connecting continents
- migrationMovement to new territory
- mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
glacial · Pleistocene · megafauna · archaeology · Paleo-Indians · mastodon · tundra · steppe · crossing · ancient
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- ExplorersColumbus, Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Marco Polo
- Romanov RussiaPeter the Great, Catherine the Great, Romanov, tsar, tsars
- Russian Navynavy, fleet, Pacific Fleet, destroyers, submarine
- straitsBosphorus, Bosporus, Gibraltar, Hormuz, Dardanelles
BeringPanama
Isthmus nation with waterway
Suez · Strait of Gibraltar · Gibraltar · Bosporus · Mediterranean
- Bering SeaNorth Pacific marginal sea
- Bering StraitChannel linking two oceans