It connects to the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, a narrow passage separating Asia and North America. “This recent activity demonstrates the increased interest in the Arctic by our stra ...

United States ocean ... Arctic Ocean beyond the 200-mile exclusive economic zone off Alaska’s North Slope. Another 176,330 square kilometers is contained in a triangular section in the Bering ...

Summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean might be a thing of the ... increases" in travel are from the Pacific through the Bering Strait and Beaufort Sea, according to the report card.

as it transited the Bering Strait. The strategic waterway lies between the Arctic Ocean to the north and the Pacific Ocean to ...

and ice masses in the Arctic may have restricted ocean circulation even further.” This low sea level meant shallow connections like the Bering Strait or the sounds of the Canadian Archipelago ...

As the ice sheets melted, the Bering Strait became flooded again ... allowing Pacific Ocean water to flow into the Arctic Ocean. First author Jesse Farmer at Princeton University led the isotope ...

The Bering Strait is a pinch point between Alaska and Russia. It’s the only gateway from the Pacific Ocean into the Arctic and, at its narrowest, it’s only about 55 miles wide. So populations ...

More U.S. Coast Guard St. Lawrence Island is situated west of mainland Alaska and south of the Bering Strait, a waterway that connects the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The remote island ...