The Bering Strait is a pinch point between Alaska and Russia. It’s the only gateway from the Pacific Ocean into the Arctic and, at its narrowest, it’s only about 55 miles wide.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are staying north of the Bering Strait more frequently, a shift that could affect the long-term health of the bowhead population and impact the ...

In the summer of 2022, a research cruise detected a massive harmful algal bloom (HAB) in the Bering Strait region of western Alaska. This expedition provided a dramatic example of science ...

The Bering Strait, just 55 miles wide at its narrowest point, separates Chukotka from Alaska. Chinese and Russian ships passed through the strait last October on their way to a first joint patrol ...

Successive waves of people streamed across the Bering Strait, including members of a group known as the Paleo-Inuit or Paleo-Eskimo who had appeared in the Arctic by 4,500 years ago and belonged ...

As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are staying north of the Bering Strait more frequently, a shift that could affect the long-term health of the bowhead population and impact the ...

(Tribune News Service) — The war in Ukraine appears to be driving a sharp increase in shipments of Russian oil to China through the Bering Strait, prompting new warnings that the traffic ...

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be gone by the 2030s, no matter what we do to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, study says. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap ...

A new study that reconstructs the history of sea level at the Bering Strait shows that the Bering Land Bridge connecting Asia to North America did not emerge until around 35,700 years ago, less ...

As sea ice declines in the Arctic, bowhead whales are staying north of the Bering Strait more frequently, a shift that could affect the long-term health of the bowhead population ...