Bering Strait

noun

1. a strait between Alaska and the Russian Federation in Asia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. 36 miles (58 km) wide.

Bering Strait

noun

1. a strait between Alaska and Russia, connecting the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean

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

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

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

From New York Times

In the prevailing picture, the first arrivals came from Asia via the land that once bridged the Bering Strait, then traveled down the Pacific Coast about 16,000 years ago.

From Science Magazine

A new analysis of lice genetic diversity suggests that lice came to the Americas twice -- once during the first wave of human migration across the Bering Strait, and again during European colonization.

From Science Daily