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- proper noun A
strait betweenChukotka ,Russia andAlaska ,USA , linking theArctic Ocean to theBering Sea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean
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The region just north of the Bering Strait is a settling basin for organic carbon, which results in a high benthic standing stock and high oxygen uptake rates [23].
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The Bering Strait is a storm-prone stretch of water that separates two continents.
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Currently, the Bering Strait is a seasonal barometer of the impacts of climate change.
BLDGBLOG 2009
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Alaskan waters north of the Bering Strait are a potential magnet for fishing fleets as sea ice retreats.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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I did some hard reporting on the subject, and learned something about a little American rock in the middle of the Bering Straight where you can (I guess) see a little Russian rock in the middle of the Bering Strait, which is 2.4 miles away. you can learn about the American rock:
Blog entry 2008
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I did some hard reporting on the subject, and learned something about a little American rock in the middle of the Bering Straight where you can (I guess) see a little Russian rock in the middle of the Bering Strait, which is 2.4 miles away. you can learn about the American rock:
Blog entry 2008
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The Bering Strait could one day host the next Singapore.
Time to Take Alaska Out of the Icebox Scott Borgerson 2011
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A dynamic group of studio musicians, including keyboardist Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones) and versatile guitarists Dan Dugmore, Tom Bukovac and Ilya Toshinsky (formerly of Bering Strait), are largely responsible.
Michael Bialas: Eleven: Martina McBride Is Counting on This Winning Number Michael Bialas 2011
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The first effort to secure this connection by means of an Atlantic telegraph cable failed, creating a breach into which the Russo-American Telegraph Co. or the Western Union Extension leapt, proposing, ambitiously, to string a telegraph line across a thousand miles or so of Asiatic Russia, in weather that was seldom temperate, and join up with a North American line somewhere beyond the Bering Strait.
Five Best: Larry McMurtry Larry McMurtry 2011
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Throughout the rest of its range, from Scandinavia to Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, and across the Bering Strait to Alaska, this species is known as the "white wagtail".
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