Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

RARE PHOTOS: Bering strait | Rare Historical Photos

At 15, Lynne Cox broke the English Channel record for men and women; at 30, after an 11-year wait for permission, she swam through 38°F water from Alaska to the Soviet Union

In 1987, endurance swimmer Lynne Cox made waves by crossing the Bering Strait, swimming from Alaska to Soviet territory during a tense Cold War period. This monumental swim was more than a personal triumph; it represented a bridge of peace and understanding between two divided nations. Her bravery earned accolades…

The Times of India

Building a massive dam between Alaska and Russia could prevent AMOC collapse, scientists say

Building a dam in the Bering Strait might preserve the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but experts warn it could also threaten wildlife, Indigenous people and shipping — and could actually speed up its demise.

LiveScience

Floating Land Rover used to cross Bering Strait is to be sold at auction

Adventurer and cattle farmer Steve Burgess made the journey as part of the Cape to Cape Expedition.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Did humans cross the Bering Strait after the land bridge disappeared?

Evidence suggests that people likely boated across the narrow passage between Russia and Alaska when the crossing was submerged.

LiveScience

Bowhead whales' migration patterns have shifted in the Arctic

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — With ice declining, bowhead whales of the Pacific Arctic are staying longer in the waters up north. A change in migration patterns could affect the bowheads' health and safety, as well as hunters' access to the subsistence resource.

Tribune News Service

Polar bear's fatal attack on young mother and son leaves Northwest Alaska community reeling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two days after a polar bear killed a 24-year-old woman and her year-old son in the Bering Strait village of Wales, community members continued to grieve as questions linger over what may have contributed to the fatal mauling.

Tribune News Service

Remote town in US home to only 77 people - which is just two miles from Russia

Little Diomede is in the middle of the Bering Strait off Alaska, US, and is separated by Big Diomede, Russia, with just a couple of miles along with a stretch of hazardous sea

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Climate migration: Alaska village resists despite threats

The Alaska Native village of Shishmaref is located on a sinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea near the Bering Strait that separates the U.S. and Russia, where it is constantly threatened by the effects of climate change

The Independent UK

Two Russians flee to Alaska's St Lawrence Island in small boat to escape Putin's Ukraine war conscription

Two Russian men braved the Bering Strait in an attempt to escape being drafted into Vladimir Putin's army.

ABC News

Storm battering western Alaska causes widespread flooding

A powerful storm traveling north through the Bering Strait is causing widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, knocking out power and sending residents fleeing for higher ground

The Independent UK

Rare fossil of ancient dog species discovered by paleontologists

SAN DIEGO -- Sometime around 14,000 years ago, the first humans crossed the Bering Strait to North America with canines, domesticated dogs they used for hunting, by their side.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Live Science

2,091 stories

the National Park Service

421 stories

National Wear Service

383 stories

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.