Bering

[ beer-ing, ber-, bair-; Danish bey-ring ]

noun

1. Vi·tus [vee, -t, oo, s], 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.

Bering

/ ˈbeːreŋ; ˈbɛrɪŋ; ˈbɛər- /

noun

1. BeringVitus16811741MDanishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Vitus (ˈviːtʊs). 1681–1741, Danish navigator, who explored the N Pacific for the Russians and discovered Bering Island and the Bering Strait

Example Sentences

He said he had limited swimming experience, though he previously crossed the Bering Strait by navigating moving lumps of ice while wearing an immersion suit and armed with a gun to fight off polar bears.

From BBC

Russia and China have staged a joint patrol over the north Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea near the coast of Alaska.

From BBC

Researchers believe the very earliest horse ancestors arose in North America, then sauntered across the Bering Strait into Asia around a million years ago.

From Seattle Times

But illegal Soviet whaling in the 1960s in the northern Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea again pushed the species toward extinction.

From Seattle Times

Mike Brown and his crew aboard the Hampton transited through the Bering Strait.

From New York Times