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  2. Bering Strait - Wikipedia

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    The Bering Strait (Russian: Берингов пролив, romanized: Beringov proliv) is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The present Russia - United States maritime boundary is at 168° 58' 37" W longitude, slightly south of the Arctic ...

  3. Lynne Cox - Wikipedia

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    Lynne Cox (born January 2, 1957) [1] is an American long-distance open water swimmer, writer, and speaker.She is best known for being the first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union, [2] [3] in the Bering Strait, a feat which has been recognized for easing the Cold War tensions between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

  4. Bering Straits Native Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) was formed in 1972 as the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regional corporation for the Bering Straits and Norton Sound region. The corporation actively pursues responsible development of resources and other business opportunities. Through its subsidiaries, BSNC serves the federal government ...

  5. Diomede, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Webcam across the Bering Strait The Bering Strait area: Little Diomede Island can be clearly seen in the middle of the strait, to the right of Big Diomede. The Little Diomede island is composed of Cretaceous age granite or quartz monzonite. [22] [23] The city is located in the only area that does not have near-vertical cliffs to the water.

  6. USS Bering Strait - Wikipedia

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    Bering Strait. USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) was a United States Navy Barnegat -class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned three battle stars by war's end. After her U.S. Navy career ended, the ship served in the United States Coast Guard as the ...

  7. Karl Bushby - Wikipedia

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    Occupation (s) Paratrooper (formerly), author. Known for. attempting to circumnavigate the globe on foot. Karl Bushby (born 30 March 1969) is a British ex- paratrooper, walking adventurer and author, currently attempting to be the first person to completely walk an unbroken path around the world. Bushby's trek is known as the Goliath Expedition.

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