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Work began in 1933 and ended in 1937, concluding the immense project in only four years. The bridge came in exactly on budget ...

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KNOM, the Nome radio station, invited people to share photos and posted pictures from ... Erickson did mechanical work for the Bering Strait School District, which is headquartered in Unalakleet ...

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The boggy landscape of the Bering land bridge may have allowed some ice age animals to cross easily, while others stayed in Asia.

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