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Semyon Dezhnev was a Russian Cossack and explorer. In 1648 he led the first known European voyage through the strait separating Asia from North America, which was later named the Bering Strait. The expedition sailed along the Arctic coast of Siberia. Dezhnev's route demonstrated the separation of th...
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Early Bering Strait passage was remarkable; long underrecognized and source record remains limited.
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The Diomede Islands Tundra is an arctic ecoregion comprising two rocky islands located in the middle of the Bering Strait. Big Diomede belongs to Russia, while Little Diomede is part of the United States, and the two landmasses are separated by less than four kilometers of water. The harsh, treeless...
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Diomede Islands have striking geopolitical and geographic identity; tiny size and limited habitat diversity constrain quality score.
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