Bering Strait

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Bering Strait: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

main reference
- In Bering Sea and Strait
exploration by Bering
- In Vitus Bering
physiography of Pacific Ocean
- In Pacific Ocean
Pleistocene Epoch sea levels
- In Pleistocene Epoch: Coastal environments and sea-level changes
water flow of Arctic Ocean
- In Arctic Ocean: Oceanography

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Role of the Bering Strait on the hysteresis of the ocean conveyor belt circulation and glacial climate stability.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Defense University Press - The Bering Strait: An arena for great power competition.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 14, 2024
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Role of the Bering Strait on the hysteresis of the ocean conveyor belt circulation and glacial climate stability.	Aakanksha Gaur	Apr 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: PNAS - The Bering Strait was flooded 10,000 years before the Last Glacial Maximum.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 09, 2024
	Add new Web site: PNAS - The Bering Strait was flooded 10,000 years before the Last Glacial Maximum.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 25, 2023
	Map added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 26, 2023
	Map added.	Michele Metych	May 01, 2023
	Add new Web site: Ocean Conservancy - Protecting the Arctic: The Bering Strait: The Gateway to the Arctic.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: NASA Earth Observatory - Ice and Clouds in the Bering Strait.	Darshana Das	Oct 11, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - World - Bering Strait.	Darshana Das	Aug 24, 2011
	Added photo to article.	Kenneth Pletcher	Jan 19, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998