Bering Strait

New map shows what Bering land bridge looked like 18,000 years ago

31 January 20191 February 2019 Karen McColl, CBC News 0 Comments Alaska, Bering Strait, beringia, Chukchi Sea, geology, topography, Yukon

Thousands of years ago, a stretch of land connected the continents of Asia and North America, in the place the

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Russia’s Northern Fleet drilled submarine hunt in Bering Strait

20 September 201820 September 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, defence, military, military exercises, Northern Fleet, Russian Navy

As they sailed throughout the shallow waters separating Russia and the U.S.A., the ships lined up in battle formation and

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Communities wrestle with shark-bite mystery off Alaskan coast

24 July 201827 July 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic, Barrow, Bering Strait, climate change, food security, hunting, indigenous, Nome, North Slope, oceans, sea lions, seals

Sometimes it’s seals with amputated flippers. Or even a sea lion snatched seemingly out of thin air. But for at

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World maritime body approves first Arctic ship routing measures

25 May 2018 Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic Ocean, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, conservation, environment, Indigenous communities, International law, International Maritime Organization, mammals, maritime law, native, nature, Northern Sea Route, Northwest Passage, Pacific Ocean, politics, Russia, shipping, U.S. Coast Guard

The International Maritime Organization approved on Friday the first internationally recognized ship routing measures designed jointly by Russia and the

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Russia: Better weather forecasts needed to increase Arctic shipping

6 March 20186 March 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic Forum, Bering Strait, Gulf of Ob, icebreakers, Ministry of Natural Resources, Norilsk Nickel, Northern Sea Route, Novaya Zemlya, Roshydromet, Sabetta, shipping, transportation, Yamal LNG

A quickly growing number of ships are confronting the thick ice and tough climatic conditions on Russia’s Northern Sea Route,

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Amid shrinking sea ice, hunters race to adapt in Alaska

2 February 2018 Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media 0 Comments bearded seals, Bering Strait, climate change, environment, food insecurity, hunting, ice seals, muskox, Nome, oogruk, salmon, Shishmaref, walrus

With warm temperatures this winter across the state, sea ice is forming exceptionally slowly in the Arctic and Bering Strait

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As ice layers get thinner, ship sets another Arctic speed record in Russia

17 January 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Agency of Maritime and River Transport, Baltic Winter, Bering Strait, Christophe de Margerie, Heino Winter, Northern Sea Route, Novatek, Novaya Zemlya, Vilkitsky Strait, Yamal LNG

It was a year with remarkable growth in Russian Arctic shipping. In the course of 2017, as much as 9,737

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Putin nationalizes Arctic petroleum shipments

20 November 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, Bering Strait, Murmansk, natural resources, Northern Sea Route, Novaya Zemlya, transportation

Only Russian vessels will soon be allowed to ship oil and gas along the Northern Sea Route. In Thursday’s meeting

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Northern Sea Route is free of ice, Arctic shipping thrives

7 September 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Bering Strait, Infrastructure, Kara Sea, Northern Sea Route, shipping, Yamal peninsula

As Russian Arctic ice shrinks to this year’s lowest, a big number of ships are moving in. In waters normally

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Lights in the sky and mysterious gravesites: Seeking the supernatural in Western Alaska

31 March 2017 Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Bering Strait, indigenous knowledge, Iñupiat, Kawerak, Yup'ik

Unexplained lights in the night sky. Killer whales that transform into human beings. Bigfoot sightings. These are just a few

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An Alaska volcano and DNA reveal the timing of bison’s arrival in North America

28 March 2017 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Bering Strait, Paleontology, research, wildlife, Yukon

After humans, the mammals most successful at colonizing North America were the bison that thundered across the Great Plains. Just

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Will Trump reverse protective Obama policies in the Arctic? It’s unknown now

14 November 201614 November 2016 Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Alaska, Bering Strait, Donald Trump, global warming, nature, Science

President Barack Obama has pinned a chunk of his legacy to policies in the Arctic and circumpolar north. He made an

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Norwegian tanker aground in U.S. Arctic, stirs concern about security

27 June 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Alaska, Bering Strait, Coast Guard, icebreakers, shipping

The Norwegian flagged chemical tanker was loaded with 14,000 tons of oil products when it touched the ground in the

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New low for Northern Sea Route

15 February 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Bering Strait, cargo, NSR, shipping, transportation

Only 40,000 tons of cargo was transported transit through the Russian Arctic route in 2015. And 75 percent of that

Alaska's coastal villages want more involvement in shipping decisions that affect waters near their communities. (iStock)

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Alaska villages want in on Arctic planning

25 August 201525 August 2015 Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News 0 Comments Arctic Circle, Bering Strait, ports, shipping

The long-standing president of Alaska’s Association of Village Council Presidents asked officials on Monday to take steps to include coastal villages he represents in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in

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