The
Bering Sea is a body of water at the northern end of the
Pacific Ocean that covers over 2 million square km. It is surrounded on the north by
Alaska, the
Bering Strait -- which connects it to the
Arctic Ocean -- and northeastern
Siberia, and on the south by the
Alaska Peninsula[?] and the
Aleutian Islands. It is named for
Vitus Bering.
During the most recent Ice Age, the sea level dropped enough to enable humans and other animals to migrate from Asia to North America on foot. This is commonly referred to as the "Bering Land Bridge"
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