the Bering Strait
noun
uk/ˌbeə.rɪŋ ˈstreɪt/us/ˌber.ɪŋ ˈstreɪt/anarrowpartof thenorthernPacificOcean thatseparatesRussia and the US:
Theirancestorsarebelievedto havewanderedacrossthe Bering Strait from Siberia toAlaskathousands ofyearsago.
Today only the Bering Strait, some 50mileswide,separatesthe twocontinents.
- Present-dayportionsofformerBeringialandson eithersideof the Bering Strait have beendesignatedasprotectedareas.
- The Clovishuntersarethoughtto havemigratedacrossthe Bering Strait.
- Thegreatestchangewill be theopeningof the Bering Strait in theArcticOceandueto thewarmingclimate.