Bering Strait News

 
VIDEO: Inupiat artist Sylvester Ayek balances life, art
Alaska Dispatch
When it comes to rural Alaska, it doesn't get much more remote than King Island, nearly 100 miles west of Nome, in the Bering Strait. That's where Sylvester Ayek spent his younger years, learning the ways of a subsistence lifestyle in the remote ...


 
Nunatsiaq News
Bering Sea Sees Surprising Record Ice Cover
Our Amazing Planet
Arctic sea ice has persistently dwindled over the last three decades, yet sea ice set record highs in waters around Alaska this past winter. Ice in the Bering Sea not only covered more area than usual, it also stuck around longer, bucking the downward ...
Bering Sea islands see record spring ice coverAnchorage Daily News

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The Raleigh Telegram
Join Russia and USA by Rail Tunnels under the Bering Strait?
Voice of America (blog)
Next year, Russia's railroad czar will open one big leg on the trip toward the Bering Strait – an 800 kilometer rail line to Yakutsk, capital of Sakha Republic, a mineral rich area larger than Argentina. Moscow-born Fyodor Soloview lives in Anchorage, ...
Russia Proposes Railroad Tunnel Underneath Ocean To Connect To USA, AlaskaThe Raleigh Telegram

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Alaska Dispatch
Embattled Alaska polar bear researcher questions inquiry's integrity
Alaska Dispatch
He's been reassigned to conduct studies about shipping traffic in the Bering Strait, the bottleneck at the top of the world off of Alaska's coast connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean. But the dispute continues. A 2006 paper Monnett authored ...


 
CBC.ca
Limbless man Philippe Croizon begins epic world swim
Herald Sun
Philippe Croizon lost both arms and legs in an accident Will attempt four challenging swims including Bering Strait Previously swum the English Channel using prosthetic limbs A LIMBLESS Frenchman planning to make four challenging swims around the world ...
Limbless man to swim worldFOXSports.com
Limbless Frenchman begins epic world swimAFP

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Issaquah Press
World War II veteran recalls 'Forgotten Battle'
Issaquah Press
The islands stretch for more than 1200 miles from the Alaskan Peninsula and form a dividing line between the Bering Strait and the North Pacific Ocean. Peery entered the US Navy on Dec. 16, 1943, and served 18 months in the remote island chain aboard ...


 
The Arctic Institute
The Arctic This Week: News for May 13 - May 20, 2012
The Arctic Institute
Across the Bering Strait in Alaska, continued challenges mean that new state-senate districts may or may not be in place in time for the next round of elections, making it difficult for candidates to know where to campaign and for voters to know for ...